Laravel queues not working

for use queue you should some work :

in .env file you should change queue_driver from sync to database, so open .env and do the follow

queue_driver=database

after it you should create queue table in your database with artisan command :

php artisan queue:table
php artisan migrate

and finally you should run your queue with php artisan queue:listen or php artisan queue:work

I had the same trouble, if you are using laravel 5.7, use this in .env file

QUEUE_CONNECTION=database

after, clear config cache like this

php artisan config:cache

Update for Laravel 5.7:

In .env, set QUEUE_CONNECTION=database so that dispatched jobs go to the database driver.

Then:

 # Creates a migration for the database table holding the jobs
php artisan queue:table

 # Executes the migration
php artisan migrate

 # Kicks off the process that executes jobs when they are dispatched
php artisan queue:work