20 Hilarious ‘Work Memes’ to brighten your day

Representational office image (Image via Unsplash/ Campaign Creators)
Representational office image (Image via Unsplash/ Campaign Creators)

Do you feel like your work is one continuous superlong meme? From unending meetings to a stream of emails and one colleague who has the unforgettable habit of hitting reply all, the corporate world is a haven for funny moments. Welcome to the internet’s all-time obsession: work memes—ideas of everyday office annoyances, cringeworthy interactions and post-weekend despair depicted in a meme-image format.

Whether you're powering through your daily grind or procrastinating just long enough to grab a quick laugh, these 20 memes are here to remind you that we are not alone in the madness. So sit back, relax, grab a coffee or three and have a look through some of the most amusing memes and all too familiar work moments we’ve all been through!


1) Stupid job

So that we can pay our stupid bills and buy our favourite stupid stuff.


2) Guilty

Come on! We know you have been there. If you said you weren't interested in spending time fooling about at your coworkers' desks, you'd be lying.


3) Who snitched?

Because where else would we choose to be? We can't get enough of the Monday morning updates, never-ending emails, and an endless number of spreadsheets.


4) Relatable?

Work so good that one of you is enough. They can't afford more of you.


5) Work emails

Hope this email finds you well. I was well until this email found me.


6) Loophole

Will my boss miss me on a random Wednesday? Let's see.


7) Zero interest

Today, tomorrow and hopefully forever.


8) Resign

Too late. Already applied to be a NASA astronaut. Leaving for Mission Mars tomorrow.

9) Missed it

It be like that sometimes.

10) Pretending to work

When your boss walks by and you pretend to be productive whislt avoiding eye contact.

11) Nightmare job

The only scary things in life are emails and spreadsheets after Halloween is over.


12) That coworker

When you and your favourite coworker both suffered under the same brutal regime.


13) Too good to be true?

Wrong move! Now suffer in success.


14) Leave me alone

And after such a demonstration of workplace excitement, we start to wonder whether we may qualify for a raise.


15) Job market

Well, that's the longest job we have held. Might as well add toy organization as a special skill.


16) Rage quit

When you leave your job and survive comfortably till next Thursday.

17) Sometimes I wish...

All future meetings are cancelled until further notice.


18) Backfire

When you wanted to know where the printer paper is, and now you are in the rabbit hole of company policies.


19) Work glamour

Ready for Halloween all year long while pretending to know what quarterly report means.


20) Gaslighting

When you think executives are going to sit on a round table and witness your hardwork like a company highlight reel - A positive delusion.


Whether you are now laughing off a pile of tasks or you are just relieved by the thought that someone, somewhere is as overwhelmed as you are in the corporate world – remember this fact: laughter makes a difference. Next time you are stuck in a painfully endless meeting or drowning in that never-ending Friday scrambled email, at least we all know these memes will give us some serious life rings.

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Edited by Bharath S