The article discusses the framework of work under the hegemony of neoliberalism, before the coronavirus pandemic, presenting some indicators about the precariousness of work in the private and public sector, defending the thesis that the pandemic exposed the neoliberal tragedy, amplifying all the ills in the world of work and questioning the place of the State, by showing the need for public policies and investments to face this humanitarian crisis, which made governments act against neoliberal interventionism. It analyzes the Brazilian reality, before and during the pandemic, highlighting the aggravating factors of living a pandemic under a neo-fascist government, whose performance was genocidal, at the same time that the ruling classes and their representatives in the executive and in the national congress reaffirmed the neoliberal policies, penalizing workers seriously. It also points out that post-pandemic perspectives, in the face of a global recession, will deepen the crisis of neoliberalism s hegemony, as the economic and social crisis will demand more welfare state.