About

All Us Work is a free, plain-spoken guide to everyday working life, for people in every kind of job: shops, kitchens, wards, warehouses, building sites, offices and kitchen-table desks.

The name says the idea. Work takes up a large part of most of our lives, and the basics of doing it well, from a first day to a fair handover, are much the same whatever we wear to work.

The guides

• First Jobs: applications, interviews, your first week and your first payslip.
• Working Well: breaks, screens, shifts and sleep, and saying no politely.
• Working Together: meetings, feedback, handovers and fair teams.

What All Us Work is not

It is not a recruitment agency or a job board. It does not list vacancies, check job offers, represent workers or employers, or give legal, financial or medical advice.

How we write

We keep the advice practical and general, because employment rules and workplace customs differ between countries and industries. Where rules matter, we point you to official sources.

Pictures

The images are illustrations made for this site. They do not show real workplaces or real employees.

Write in

Tips, questions and corrections are welcome on the contact page.