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Should you stay or go? 5 factors to consider before quitting your job
Is it time to quit? Explore 5 essential factors to help you decide whether to stay or go in the 2026 job market.
Apr 5, 2026
The brutal hunt for low-paid work: ‘It’s like The Hunger Games – but for a job folding clothes’
It used to be fairly easy to get work that paid at or around the minimum wage. But with a shrinking number of positions come ever more hoops to jump through, from personality tests, to trial shifts, to towers constructed of marshmallows<br>
Apr 18, 2026
‘It’s soul-crushing’: young people battle to find any work in bleak jobs market
Chair of UK government review says dramatic changes in labour market risks putting ‘a generation on the scrapheap’
Apr 18, 2026
Even amid rising economic uncertainty, now is not the time to hug your job
In a rapidly changing job market, it’s not necessarily good for workers to cling to their current employment
Apr 18, 2026
UK’s gender pay gap ‘won’t close for 30 years’ at current rates
Trades Union Congress says women have worked a month and a half for nothing this year and legislation is needed
Apr 18, 2026
Facing meltdown? Over 75% of people suffer from burnout - here’s what you need to know
Does it only affect weak people? Is work always the cause? Burnout myths, busted by the experts
Apr 18, 2026
‘It’s been life-changing’: young Britons on why they left the UK to work abroad
Skilled workers facing a tough jobs market and high rents at home reveal how they have built new lives elsewhere, from Vancouver to Dubai
Apr 6, 2026
Empathy engineer: is this the £110k job of your dreams?
British applicants are missing out on lucrative contracts in the tech sector because they haven’t got a clue what the job actually is
Apr 18, 2026
You might love olive oil, but don’t put it on your CV
The foodstuff was apparently listed as an interest on a job résumé, according to a viral social media post. It might make you stand out, but not in a good way, writes Polly Hudson
Apr 18, 2026
Wednesday briefing: Why the debate over working from home says more about inequality than productivity
In today’s newsletter: Hybrid working has quietly settled into Britain’s post-pandemic landscape but the real story lies in who gets flexibility and who never did
Apr 18, 2026
The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers
As AI job losses rise in the professional sector, many are switching to more traditional trades. But how do they feel about accepting lower pay – and giving up a dream career?
Apr 18, 2026
My patient’s near-death experience in hospital left me with worry and guilt. This is how vicarious trauma starts
Afterwards, my team and I kept going without ever discussing the event. But something felt heavy. And because I couldn’t name it, I didn’t know how to deal with it
Apr 6, 2026