Labor and Jobs

July 7, 2022

You Don’t Get Office Birthday Cake Over Zoom, Sorry

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be […]
May 16, 2022

The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. […]
April 1, 2022

With Four-Day Workweeks, Fridays Are for Free Time

Some lucky workers are only working half-Fridays year-round, if they work Fridays at all. The verdict? “It’s magic.” On a warm Friday afternoon in March, around […]
February 19, 2022

Caplan's Store Closure Reflects Shifting Tides of Labor in America

For more than 14 months, Gary Ely has quietly shown up for a job he no longer has at Caplan’s Army Store in St. Johnsbury, Vt. […]
April 25, 2021

India’s Fashion Artisans Face ‘Extreme Distress’ in Pandemic

The working conditions of the so-called karigars, who make handicrafts for luxury brands, have long been an issue. Now many have no job at all. Saddam […]
February 13, 2021

How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Career

At Home Make: Birria Explore: ‘Bridgerton’ Style Parent: With Improv Read: Joyce Carol Oates Credit…Photo Illustrations by Sam Cannon For The New York Times Skip to […]
January 13, 2021

Is Remote Work Making Us Paranoid?

<!– –> At Home Watch: ‘Dickinson’ Set: Exercise Goals Party: With Archivists Fend Off: Loneliness Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the […]
December 29, 2020

Retailing’s Tumultuous Year Began Before the Pandemic

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Retailing’s Tumultuous Year Began Before the Pandemic The industry employs millions of people, […]
November 7, 2020

How Do You Advertise a Town Ravaged by Hurricanes?

As a 24-year-old public relations representative for her city, Kathryn Shea Duncan eats, sleeps and breathes Lake Charles, La. The working-class town, home to about 80,000 […]
September 4, 2020

They’re Stuck at Home, So They’re Making Home a Sanctuary

In March, the threadbare couch in the living room was merely an annoyance, but Megan Barney, a book publicist in Cambridge, Mass., was not ready to […]