FT.com - Lucy Kellaway
FT.com - Lucy Kellaway


The City lawyer, the intern and the strip club
A tale of drunkenness and alleged harassment resulted in a lawyer being dismissed and the reaction has split the City of London, writes Lucy Kellaway

Dying wish to spend more time in the office
Climbing into a coffin and pretending to be dead is breaking new ground in what business people are made to do in the name of self-improvement, writes Lucy Kellaway

Strange kind of capitalism
For a capitalist economy to work, we all need to believe that more money is better than less money, and that a pay rise is a good thing,writes Lucy Kellaway

My guide to snoopology
Lord King's photographs were trying to tell me he was important; instead they said that he was a namedropper and general pain in the backside, writes Lucy Kellaway

Board battles won on playing fields of youth
Almost half of the chiefs of Britain's biggest companies have gained awards in the field of sport – twice as many as have any academic trophies, writes Lucy Kellaway

Shock of BPC: before personal computers
I have just started a 24 hour low-tech vigil – sans PC and e-mail – to remind myself what life was like when windows were things that let the light in, writes Lucy Kellaway

Unrequited love makes a misery of office life
I have on my team a talented woman whom I've rewarded with promotion and a bonus. She deserved it, but there is another fact: I find her very attractive. Lucy Kellaway responds

When complaining to wrong person is right
One might think that the American purposeful complaint is better than pointless bellyaching, but in fact both can prove to be highly enjoyable, writes Lucy Kellaway

A bouquet of office barbs
I have been out collecting a botanical array of dangerous workplace blooms, words that can spoil our day, our week – or our career, writes Lucy Kellaway

Joys of haircare and soldiery
Both hairdressing and the army are unfashionably hierarchical professions, but their practitioners are amongst the happiest with their jobs, writes Lucy Kellaway

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