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I Opened These 26 Work Memes at 8 a.m. and Called It a Meeting

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I’ve had eleven jobs, and the only skill that transferred to every one of them was looking busy, which is why work memes feel like my real résumé. Here’s the job everybody secretly wants.

Work memes joke of a white cat guarding piles of fish like a bank teller.

That cat has the exact energy of anyone handed money all day and told not to touch it. The rest of these are for the humans clocking in today.

Office window shattered by lumber sticking out of a contractor's pickup truck.

Somebody's getting a very awkward email today.

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Group chat photo of a boss sharing a phone under a bathroom stall.
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Work memes image of Will Ferrell glaring with a note to Monday from everybody.
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American Psycho scene about holding in a joke during a job interview question.

Five more seconds of eye contact and it's over.

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Tweet showing an unfortunate calendar entry name for someone's annual leave.
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Work memes post with a damp selfie and a speech about delayed gratification.
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CPR training head with goggles left inside a break room freezer.

Nobody's stealing his lunch, that's for sure.

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Restaurant marquee sign joking that next week has already been exhausting.
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Social post joking about military spending next to a shrugging man on a bus.
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Work memes with a resignation note on a paper towel and a smug SpongeBob.

Absorbent, like my patience used to be.

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Short resignation letter telling Steve not to schedule an exit interview.
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Text message resignation to managers signed by an abused employee with kisses.

Signed with love, delivered with violence.

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Work memes post about an 89 year old grandpa vibe coding on a tablet.
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Phone notification from a grandpa telling his grandkid to start grinding.

Grandpa launched an app and a motivational career.

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Tweet advising you to say we need a holistic approach on conference calls.
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Work memes parody toy box for a Fisher-Price Soul-Crushing Meeting playset.

Comes with four chairs and zero agenda.

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Daenerys smiling sweetly, captioned as the per my last email face.
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Star Wars lava duel meme about losing a fight with the snooze button.

9:37 is a choice.

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Work memes tweet wishing a loud chewing coworker lived in A Quiet Place.
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Last day at Burger King post showing bags of frozen nuggets buckled in a car.
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Tweet about an Oompa Loompa asking a dark question in a job interview.
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Work memes freezing coworker starter pack with a tank top, salad, and iced coffee.

Thermostat wars have casualties.

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Office TV showing a plan of the day: get home safely, avoid YouTube.
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Call center worker's pencil drawing of a rude caller named Barbara.

Barbara, if you're reading this, you've been immortalized.

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Work memes newspaper help wanted ad listing everything applicants should not do.
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The quitting job memes hit me hardest, because I’ve written at least four resignation letters I never sent. One was on a napkin. Gen Z is out here quitting on paper towels and by text with a little Xx at the end, and honestly that’s growth. My generation quit by answering emails later and later until everyone just understood.

Coworker memes are a different kind of therapy. Everybody has worked next to the loud chewer, the person in a tank top cranking the thermostat to 88, and the guy who says we need a holistic approach on every call and somehow gets promoted. I’ve been two of those three, and I’m not telling you which. The best monday memes don’t fix anything, they just remind you the whole building is struggling with you.

I think we share work memes because a job is the strangest group project of our lives. We didn’t pick these people, we see them more than our families, and somehow we end up loving a few of them. A meme is just a note passed over the cubicle wall that says me too, hang in there.

Somewhere a grandpa is vibe coding, and the rest of us are still looking for the mute button.

Not ready to open your inbox yet? 30 Funny Work Memes To Make Your Monday Morning A Little Easier buys you another ten minutes, and 30 Worst Office Fridges That Explain Why Nobody Trusts Their Coworkers With Shared Spaces will have you checking yours. Bring your own lunch.

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Posted by Phil M. About the author

Phil co-founded Thunder Dungeon with Roy in 2012 and has been a meme tastemaker ever since, helping turn a page of funny finds into viral photo and video creations, one of the largest meme community apps and a daily home for memes. He's more than memes, too: Phil is an award-winning comedic actor and director whose feature films are on streaming platforms.

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