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Future of Work

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

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It wasn’t an ordinary Red Cup Day at Starbucks this yearIt wasn’t an ordinary Red Cup Day at Starbucks this year
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Silicon Valley layoffs are a reminder that your job won’t love you backSilicon Valley layoffs are a reminder that your job won’t love you back
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Twitter’s case study of how not to lay people offTwitter’s case study of how not to lay people off
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Where do restaurant “service fees” really go?Where do restaurant “service fees” really go?
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Back to the future
Features

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

By Samantha Oltman and Adam Clark Estes
The future of the office is a lab
Explainers

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

By Rani Molla
Our buildings are making us sick
Explainers

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

By Keren Landman, MD
Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t.Burnout was supposed to get better. It hasn’t.
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
The Future of Remote Work Q&A with Rani MollaThe Future of Remote Work Q&A with Rani Molla
Future of Work

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

By Jacqué Palmer
Women in leadership are leaning out (and into a better job)Women in leadership are leaning out (and into a better job)
Technology

Leaders are leaving at the highest rate on record.

By Rani Molla
Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s a start.Companies are being forced to reveal what a job pays. It’s a start.
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t.You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t.
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
This is not your millennial’s job marketThis is not your millennial’s job market
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Amazon’s robots are getting closer to replacing human handsAmazon’s robots are getting closer to replacing human hands
Technology

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

By Jason Del Rey
Remote workers are wasting their time proving they’re actually workingRemote workers are wasting their time proving they’re actually working
Technology

“Productivity theater” is getting worse.

By Rani Molla
How unions are winning again, in 4 chartsHow unions are winning again, in 4 charts
Technology

Workers have a lot to celebrate this Labor Day.

By Rani Molla
Starbucks is not playing nice with its new unionStarbucks is not playing nice with its new union
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
A second Trader Joe’s just unionized. It could be the next Starbucks.A second Trader Joe’s just unionized. It could be the next Starbucks.
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Remote workers are starting new businesses behind their bosses’ backs
Technology

The rise of the side startup.

By Rani Molla
We’re one step closer to robots doing all our houseworkWe’re one step closer to robots doing all our housework
Technology

AI is slowly getting better at household chores.

By Rebecca Heilweil
The future of remote work, according to 6 experts
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Don’t mind the economy, now is still a good time to find a new jobDon’t mind the economy, now is still a good time to find a new job
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Even bosses are joining the Great Resignation
Technology

New data shows a growing number of managers are quitting.

By Rani Molla
When you drive for work, $5 gas hurtsWhen you drive for work, $5 gas hurts
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire
Technology

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

By Jason Del Rey
Finding a new job is possible — even when you’re burned out
Even Better

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

By Allie Volpe
Why the return to the office isn’t workingWhy the return to the office isn’t working
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Tell your boss: Working from home is making you more productiveTell your boss: Working from home is making you more productive
Technology

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

By Rani Molla
Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same timeWhy unions are growing and shrinking at the same time
Technology

Joining the picket line like it’s 1939.

By Rani Molla
Amazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shopsAmazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shops
Technology

The e-commerce giant is recruiting local businesses in Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska as part of a secretive new delivery program.

By Jason Del Rey
The Great Resignation is becoming a “great midlife crisis”The Great Resignation is becoming a “great midlife crisis”
Technology

Older, more tenured people are increasingly quitting their jobs.

By Rani Molla
What does it mean to take America’s “jobs of last resort”?
Features

Author Eyal Press on the nation’s most morally troubling labor — and why many refuse to acknowledge it.

By Jamil Smith
Gen Z does not dream of labor
Features

On TikTok and online, the youngest workers are rejecting work as we know it. How will that play out IRL?

By Terry Nguyen
The Amazonification of the American workforce
The Highlight

The e-commerce giant’s labor issues expose the complicated truth about getting what we want when we want it.

By Jason Del Rey
What it would take to make us love our jobs again
Features

Recognizing that many of us find purpose in what we do is a good start.

By Jonathan Malesic
When your job helps the rest of America work
Features

Why so many are giving up on child care work and what it will mean for everyone else.

By Anna North
What if the future of work is exactly the same?
Features

For many, the gains in worker pay and power during the pandemic are fading fast — if they even saw them at all.

By Rani Molla and Emily Stewart
Work is broken. Can we fix it?
Technology

The Future of Work issue of the Highlight looks at the workers Americans dubbed “essential” and then largely left behind in the work revolution. Can we make work better for the nation’s crucial workforce?

By Vox Staff
Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.
Technology

The boring, crucial work that happens now that Starbucks and Amazon have unionized.

By Rani Molla
How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement
Technology

Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive.

By Rani Molla