Alaa Al-Aswany's The Yacoubian Building (2002) emerges as a multi-faceted exploration of precarious work conditions for women, weaving together intricate narratives that illuminate the diverse experiences of its vulnerable female characters. The novel provides an interesting lens through which to probe into the vulnerability and precarity of a wide array of female characters who navigate societal expectations and constraints, challenge traditional gender roles, and seek agency within them: from Buthayna's forced prostitution to Sulayman's wife's silent suffering to Zakiyya's defiance and pursuit of education. This paper examines these portrayals through adopting Judith Butler’s work on precarity and women working conditions which offers a powerful critique of the social and economic structures that disproportionately affect women, especially those marginalized by class like many of The Yacoubian Building’s female characters. Furthermore, a postfeminist perspective, revealing the complexities of gender dynamics and individual agency within a patriarchal cultural context, is used to explore the ways the female bodies are negotiated in relation to employment and to expose the patriarchal power structures that govern Egyptian society by critiquing these power imbalances and advocate for dismantling them. The paper contributes to the ongoing conversation about the interplay of gender, class, and economic vulnerability. It is important to note that The Yacoubian Building critiques the limitations imposed on women especially those involved in informal and low-wage sectors, who are trapped in precarious work, and the systematic exposure to economic insecurity, violence, and social exclusion. KEYWORDS The Yacoubian Building, precariousness of work condition, postfeminism, commodification of female bodies