A man working for a theater company puts out an ad for actors, which is answered by a throng of homeless men.

An unemployed man struggles to help an equally penniless, yet shockingly beautiful, young woman in her search for food and shelter.

A desperate former arsonist attends a job fair where major American companies offer prisoners the chance to become public brand ambassadors.

A New Yorker attends a meeting for unemployed workers and the sleazy speakers leave him skeptical about his job prospects.

A city employs people to act strangely to order to make others feel normal.

A country girl goes to the city to find work. However, the work is not what she expected.

A shopkeeper learns that a mysterious woman is throwing rent parties that leave its guests unnaturally unencumbered and, after some convincing, the shopkeeper sheds her worries too.

As a member of the defense industry, a man recalls his memories throughout his work life. He encounters a former management and realizes how he and his employees are part of the greater picture in the world.

A man working at the Met is given an interesting—and daring—proposition regarding one of the museum’s artifacts.

To earn enough money for college, a high school graduate takes a grueling factory job. He expects his only takeaway from the work to be a paycheck, but a mysterious coworker teaches him about the world and his place in it.