Retail tales of festive frenzy
For many bookshop workers, Christmas is a season of stress and exploitation – but it could also be the perfect time to put pressure on management.
What a way to make a living – A former mental health care worker
A former care worker details her experiences in residential mental healthcare.
What a way to make a living | A personal assistant in social care
Hanna Gál interviews Meriam Mabrouk on working as a personal assistant in social care.
What a way to make a living | A former call centre worker
A former temporary employee with an educational charity reports on her time in the customer services call centre.
What a way to make a living | Minicabbing since 1979
In the latest instalment of our What a way to make a living series, Mitch Mitchell reports on his experiences driving minicabs over the decades
What a way to make a living | A PhD student and part-time tutor
David Evans writes for the What a Way to Make a Living series on the pitfalls of precarious working as a PhD student teaching part-time in a university.
What a way to make a living | Artistic ‘freedom’
Liz Forster’s article from 2018 takes a close look at the precarious working conditions of the arts.
What a way to make a living | An art worker in the climate movement
Katherine Hearst, art worker and climate activist reflects on the links between precarity and the climate crisis.
What a way to make a living | An agency worker in the hospitality industry
A former agency worker recounts their experiences in the hospitality industry.
What a way to make a living | The Royal Mail sorting office
In the latest instalment of our What a way to make a living series, Daniel Freeborn tells us about the daily grind at a Royal Mail sorting office.
What a way to make a living | Teaching at the margins
A teacher in a non-mainstream secondary school gives her view on the daily life of teaching in a school which specialises in providing education for students whose needs are not met by mainstream institutions.
What a way to make a living | Aye, there’s the pub
In the first piece in the series What a way to make a living, Jozef Doyle gives an insight on the day to day experience of working in a pub.
What a way to make a living | Introduction
Meet our new article series, What a way to make a living, which will explore the lived realities of work and exploitation under modern capitalism