While regarding an experiment that involved both work and heat, Clausius concluded that what was being conserved was neither work nor heat, but a combination of the two. This would later be called Energy.
Energy and Work have the same units, Joules (J).
1 Joule = 1 newton meter
J = Nm
The above is metric. Another system uses kcal or cal.
4184 J = 1 kcal
4.184 J = 1 cal
or Nm.