Revealed: the facade bosses who have made millions since Grenfell

TAnd individuals have left more than £300 million in their bank accounts since their products sparked the Grenfell fire, but their companies have paid almost nothing towards the costs of the UK cladding scandal. Bosses at Arconic, Kingspan and Saint-Gobain – which manufactured parts of the west London tower’s deadly flammable cladding system – have … Read more

Silent layoffs rarely happen as quietly as bosses hope

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Work and career myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. The annals of restructuring gone wrong are full of classic episodes made worse by technology. Employees have been laid off en masse because of Tannoy, voicemail, texting and Zoom. Now the UK arm of … Read more

Shocking data shows that less than a third of HMRC go into the office

They are quick to take hardworking Brits to task if their accounting is incorrect. But shocking data unearthed by the Daily Mail today suggests the taxman has been creative with his arithmetic. When it comes to working from home, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has long been one of the worst-performing government departments, with monthly … Read more

Employees start taking “quiet vacations” and stop asking bosses for time off

We spend more than a third of our lives in… workAnd let’s face it: very few people have achieved the holy grail of work-life balance. That is a distant dream for most of us. That’s why millennials are taking matters into their own hands. You’ve probably heard the term ‘stop quietly,” which is already a … Read more