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Emma Jacobs

Features Writer

Emma Jacobs writes features with a particular focus on work, changes in the workplace and office life. Previously, at the FT she was the co-author of the satirical column, Work Tribes and edited features, UK news, as well as working on FT.com's companies, markets and world desks.
Email Emma Jacobs @emmavj  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Office life
    ‘Half-amused, half-ashamed’: the employees facing phone bans at work

    Some companies are asking staff to lock devices in pouches to remove distractions and protect data

    Montage image of a hand putting a phone into a pouch, a woman talking on the phone and looking over her shoulder, a padlock, and a no phones sign
  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
    Parenting and families
    Why London’s teens need more third spaces

    At a time when young people are either demonised for staying in or going out, youth clubs are more important than ever

    Emma Jacobs
    Several young people play pool and socialize in a modern youth center with colorful circular ceiling panels and lounge seating.
  • Sunday, 19 April, 2026
    Technology
    The annoyance economy isn’t going anywhere

    We must find our own amusements in dealing with spam, robocalls and chatbots

    Emma Jacobs
    A person sitting at a desk looks frustrated while staring intently at a computer screen, hands pressed to their mouth
  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    Education
    The Big Read. The kids staying away from school

    Absenteeism that rose dramatically during Covid-19 has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels. The costs are mounting

    A Roosevelt High School student walks alone down a hallway lined with blue lockers and orange brick walls
  • Sunday, 5 April, 2026
    Leadership
    Interview. Business leaders now have ‘permission to be the assholes they are’, says Brené Brown

    Researcher warns political climate is ‘sinister’ and ‘anti-empathy’

    Brene Brown seated in a striped armchair, smiling, with her hands clasped in her lap at the Covent Garden Hotel.
  • Friday, 3 April, 2026
    Work & Careers
    Working through conflict: staff across Middle East adapt to war

    As ordinary routines are shattered, employees find new ways to pursue their jobs

    A dairy farm worker in a helmet and protective vest stands among cows in a milking parlour, looking concerned.
  • Saturday, 28 March, 2026
    Management
    No BS: using corporate jargon is really giving you away

    A new study suggests that buying into the blather reveals a credulous worker

    Emma Jacobs
    David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox in a scene from ‘Friends’
  • Sunday, 22 March, 2026
    Work & Careers
    Is a plumbing career the future?

    Skilled trades regarded as safe from automation but still face social resistance

    Emma Jacobs
    Illustration of a young person holding a wrench saying ‘yes!’ while their parents and dog look unimpressed
  • Saturday, 21 March, 2026
    Life & Arts
    ‘Vladimir’ and the enduring appeal of campus satire

    Weird rules, shifting cultural politics, contested parking spaces — universities still have all the ingredients for drama

    Emma Jacobs
    Leo Woodall as Vladimir, Rachel Weisz as The Protagonist, and Miriam Silverman as Florence stand talking outside the English Department.
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    Recruitment
    Will LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork banner make me look desperate?

    Cheerful stickers indicating labour market availability are getting more common as job openings become scarcer

    Montage image of a woman using a phone looking stressed and unsure, with the Linkedin logo and a banner circling a headshot reading Open to Work
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Books
    Interview. Playwright Alan Bennett: ‘I have a fear of books’

    Now publishing his fourth collection of diaries, the 91-year-old legend of British letters talks about shyness, ‘feeling every minute’ of his age and the surprise of finding love

    Alan Bennett seated on a sofa during an interview, with books, a mug, and notebooks visible in the background.
  • Friday, 20 February, 2026
    Work & Careers
    Business Books: What to read this month

    How to run good meetings, the economy of self-improvement, and a new kind of intelligence

  • Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
    Work Watch
    HR teams are drowning in slop grievances

    Employees can now effortlessly create complaints using AI, leaving firms with the time-consuming job of responding

    Montage image of a laptop with a technology cloud brain and documents surrounding it
  • Sunday, 15 February, 2026
    The CEO
    Interview. Weight Watchers’ CEO on diet drugs: ‘The key is re-owning weight’

    Tara Comonte is putting fat jabs at centre of a plan to steer company through bankruptcy protection

    Tara Comonte sits in a booth at Weight Watchers’ New York headquarters, with branded posters behind her and a vase of flowers on the table.
  • Sunday, 8 February, 2026
    Career change
    Is mid-life career malaise a joke?

    A film about one professional’s move into comedy shows the highs and lows of finding a new vocation

    Emma Jacobs
    Illustration of a person on stage with a microphone saying ‘ha!’ while a small crowd watches, with one audience member surrounded by hearts
  • Thursday, 5 February, 2026
    Future of work
    The truth about the ‘blue-collar boom’

    Skilled manual work offers some bright spots but may not be enough to turn a tough job market around

    Eman Sumair stands between server racks filled with yellow and blue cables at the Equinix data centre
  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Inheritance
    How blended families can avoid an inheritance argument

    Dividing an estate between members of a stepfamily is complicated — don’t put things off until it’s too late

    Illustration of an hourglass with a house and family inside, with the sand draining away from underneath
  • Tuesday, 27 January, 2026
    Business books
    Business Books: what to read this month

    Goal-setting with intention, corporate scandals with impact, and companies with tentacles

    Covers of five business books: "Billionaire Backlash" by Pepper Culpepper, "Do More in Four" by Joe O’Connor and Jared Lindzon, "Capital Evolution" by Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride, "Intentional" by Chris Bailey, and "The Octopus Organization" by Phil Le-Brun and Jana Werner.
  • Sunday, 25 January, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    The hard truth about AI at work? It won’t tell you

    Automated office companions cut out the mess of human interaction, but convenience isn’t everything

    Emma Jacobs
    Illustration of a dense flood of hearts coming out of a laptop screen and covering a person sitting at the desk
  • Saturday, 24 January, 2026
    Parenting and families
    The Beckham family feud is bending our minds

    Anyone who thinks they know where blame lies in a family is deluded — doubly so with a dynasty

    Emma Jacobs
    David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham, and Nicola Peltz Beckham pose together at the ‘Beckham premiere.
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    Management
    Do bosses still need a private office?

    Business executives increasingly recognise that visibility in the workplace is important

    Montage image of a skyscraper office block, two workers walking and talking through an office, and a black leather desk chair
  • Sunday, 28 December, 2025
    Work & Careers
    Is Ozempic shaping the workplace?

    Offering staff weight-loss drugs can improve productivity and reduce time lost to sickness

    Emma Jacobs
    An illustration showing an Ozempic pen on a desk among a pencil, rubber, laptop, smartphone, mug, and papers
  • Wednesday, 24 December, 2025
    Leadership
    Interview. Jamie Laing on building sweet brand Candy Kittens: ‘I don’t really like weekends’

    Vegan confectioner is doubling down in a tough food market after acquisition of Graze from Unilever

    Jamie Laing and Ed Williams
  • Monday, 22 December, 2025
    Religion
    Gotta have faith? Spiritual practices offer refuge to City workers

    Canary Wharf chaplains report increase in engagement as antidote to uncertainty and stress

    A verger in red and black robes and carrying a ceremonial staff leads the choir and clergy into the evensong service at St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Saturday, 20 December, 2025
    Television
    Three TV addicts on the best (and worst) shows of 2025

    From ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Pluribus’ and the Seth Rogen-aissance — FT writers talk through the hits and flops of the year

    A montage of images from various TV shows.
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