I don’t think there’s a single corporate employee on God’s green earth who hasn’t sat in a meeting and thought about the many more useful and/or entertaining things they could be doing right now. While it’s true that bringing people together in this way is an occasionally essential part of the working process, the mantra …
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‘Sat at my desk waiting until 2PM to have lunch’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 22, 2024)
Is there any day of the week that is crueler than Monday? Sure, the Sunday scaries may threaten the five days of work to come and Wednesday might be the big ol’ hump right in the middle of it, but Monday presents the base of the mountain that we have to climb yet again. 9 …
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29 Restaurant Memes for Servers Surviving the Dinner Rush
Customers can forget how hectic it is to be a server, especially during the dinner rush. Everyone comes in around the same time, and servers are expected to cater to their every need, along with ten other families simultaneously. Juggling drink refills, food orders, and regular check-ins can get confusing when you’re running around doing …
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‘Boomer dad got Boomered’: Progressive CEO buys employees laptops so they can work from home, gets endless complaints from a technologically challenged older woman
Young people all want to work from home now. We’re more focused, our workload is more manageable, and we don’t have a micromanager breathing down our neck every time we need to use the restroom. Personally, I love working from home and relish the chance to type on my laptop from the comfort of my …
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‘They stopped paying for your lunch’: Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s
There’s no question that the 8-hour workweek was a revelation back in the 1920s. I can’t imagine having to work 12 hours a day every day without any weekends or breaks at all. It’s no wonder people died at an earlier age back then; the stress of being worked to your bones is so bad …
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‘That one person trying to be my manager’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 15, 2024)
Ask many people about the things that they miss from childhood, and a lot of them will probably say something related to not having to work. Remember those months-long school summer holidays? Good luck getting the clearance for that amount of vacation time now. The trade-off for devoting much of our time to employment is …
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23 Entrepreneur Memes for Small Business Owners Always on the Clock
Being your own boss is no joke. Whether you own a small buisness, work as a contractor, or create content, you are pretty much on the clock all the time. You can set boundaries for yourself, sure, but ultimately, the success of your business is on you. And that’s a lot of pressure. But…it’s also …
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‘One of the more humiliating staples of the Minimum Wage Job Search ritual’: People ponder tricky interview questions for entry level jobs
For most of us, the entry-level job has been a necessary evil. Nobody wants to hire somebody for something better unless they have experience (or some excellent nepotistic connections that most of us aren’t blessed with). Unfortunately, employers are aware of this and often enjoy making the whole process as demeaning as possible. What convoluted …
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33 Memes for Restaurant Workers on Their Last Straw
The best part about working in the restaurant industry is the food. Seriously. I mean, us service workers have to survive through the dinner rush, understaffing, unruly customers, angry cooks, missing orders, and everything else that could possibly go wrong during a shift. But free meals? They kinda make up for it. When I was …
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‘But we’re a family’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 8, 2024)
Responsibility is no bad thing. However, it can seem that way when it comes down to the things that we have to be responsible for. This is especially true in the workplace, where many of us are tasked with holding down the fort in ways both pointless and annoying. As if that wasn’t bad enough, …
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