Future of Work
Vox’s coverage of the future of work: how we got here and what comes next.

The era of worker power isn’t over.


Microsoft and Google are rolling out AI features to write your memos and emails for you. But they’re far from perfect.


Jobs still require cover letters. Apps like ChatGPT can help.


A growing number of workers are going freelance, taking higher wages over benefits and job security.


The bright side to all these terrible tech layoffs.

Facebook, Google, and Amazon are trying to get their groove back.


There’s a big sign that San Francisco may be making a comeback.

From quiet quitting to the Great Resignation, why we won’t stop making up words about work.


Workers unionized, quit their jobs, and refused to go back to the office.


Voters are sending the highest number of Latino lawmakers to Congress ever, and increasing ideological diversity along with it.


Sunshine and wine caves: How conferences are trying to win over a remote-work world.


You may get to keep your job, but you might lose your Zoom and your desk.


Empty stores and unused cups: A look at the Starbucks strikes.


After more than a decade of living their work, tech workers are being let go.


Elon Musk’s layoffs at Twitter were a disaster. Silicon Valley, take note.


Service charges are making dining out more expensive, but that doesn’t mean your server sees that cash.

Rethinking old ideas about what we eat, where we live and work, and how we power our communities.

What’s going to happen to the office space we no longer need?

Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.


It’s not just you: Almost half of American office workers feel burned out at work.


On October 20, Rani answered audience questions about this pressing topic


Leaders are leaving at the highest rate on record.


New pay transparency laws will help, but they still aren’t enough to eliminate the pay gap.


Bosses are ordering people back to the office from the comfort of their own homes.


Gen Z college grads are optimistic about their job prospects. They should be.


A new Amazon robot handles 1,000 items an hour.


“Productivity theater” is getting worse.


Workers have a lot to celebrate this Labor Day.


The company has started bargaining with just 3 of more than 200 unionized stores.


The grocery chain is now famous for Hawaiian shirts, frozen foods, and union jobs.

The rise of the side startup.


AI is slowly getting better at household chores.

Make the case for working remotely — but not so much that your job gets outsourced.


Economists are predicting a recession but there are tons of open jobs. What’s going on?

New data shows a growing number of managers are quitting.


A look at how high gas prices are hurting workers and what to do about it.

Unions might not be the tech giant’s biggest labor threat.

Looking for a new job doesn’t have to be just another exhausting to-do list item.


“I don’t gain anything besides a commute.”


Employers are missing out by calling workers back to the office.