Lauren Weber

About

I write about employment and workplace issues for The Wall Street Journal, with a special interest in stories relating to job security, workforce development and skills, contingent work, the bonds between employers and workers, and the intersection between economic trends and the on-the-ground practices of employers.In 2017, I wrote "Contracted," a series of stories about the evolution of contracting and contingent work. It showed how companies are relying on non-employees for more and more work, including core functions. See below for the link to the first article, "The End of Employees."I arrived at The Wall Street Journal in 2011 after a stint as a private investigator. I've also been a staff reporter at Reuters and Newsday, and my freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers. I'm the author of In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue (2009), a cultural history of frugality and cheapness in the United States. Email me with tips and story ideas about the workplace at lauren.weber@wsj.com.