Our new way to search for purposeful work

Issue 824, Mon 15 December, 2025

Dear Escapees,

One thing has become very clear this year: people are running on limited energy, and they are becoming much more selective about where that energy goes. Not in a dramatic, reinvention-on-a-mountain-top way. More in a practical, human way. The “what can I actually manage this week?” kind of way.

Everywhere we look - Escape community included - the same patterns keep appearing. People want a bit more say in their work. They want a role that feels worthwhile. They want colleagues they genuinely like. They want small experiments rather than enormous leaps. And ideally, they’d prefer not to feel like a faulty robot while AI handles the spreadsheets.

It’s less about “finding your purpose” and more about “finding work that doesn’t drain the life out of you by Thursday”.

Which is why this week’s Top 10 feels hopeful. Not because these roles will magically solve everything, but because they reflect something: people choosing work that feels human, honest and aligned with how they actually want to live.

If you’ve been feeling the pull for something more meaningful or just more you, you’re very much in good company.

Happy Escaping,

Team Escape

• Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

  Organisation: B Lab Global

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• Job Title: Head of Marketing

  Organisation: The Wave

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• Job Title: Apollo Research

  Organisation: Apollo Research

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• Job Title: Finance Manager

  Organisation: The Degrees Initiative

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• Job Title: Supply Chain Executive

  Organisation: MOJU

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• Job Title: Corporate Fundraiser

  Organisation: The Wave Project

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• Job Title: Research Associates

  Organisation: Carboun Institute

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• Job Title: Full Stack Engineer (L3)

  Organisation: Hertility Health

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• Job Title: Community Project Officer

  Organisation: Ramblers Association

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• Job Title: Global Carbon Coordinator

  Organisation: Self Help Africa

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