It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about the Kennedy Space Center or a kebab kiosk down the street, there are certain types of people you’ll meet in every workplace. As a commission for toggl, Elizabeth Pich of War and Peas (previously here and here) has created a comic, introducing all 10 of them.
“[My creative partner Jonathan and I] have hardly worked in offices, but when we did, we tried to befriend the office dog,” Elizabeth told Bored Panda. “That’s usually the best way to stay sane. If there is no office dog, we don’t work there.”
“All of these [types] are based on actual colleagues we’ve worked with. You know who you are.”
According to Elizabeth, the complainers are the worst. “They suck the energy out of others. Try to make yours pet the office dog, [but] if that doesn’t cheer them up, they’re hopeless.”
On the other hand, the UFO experts have been Elizabeth and Jonathan’s most favourite colleagues. “They have the best stories. We love alien stories.”
Scroll down to meet the gang, and if any of you freelance and remote workers try to laugh at our misery, I have three words for you – clients from hell.
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This artist illustrated the most common types of co-workers
Image credits: Lukas Ratius
There's few more types:: 11. Who always talks loud on phone 12. Always asks for small loans and don't return on time 13. Who has tons of pictures and teddy bear sort of stuff on desk 14. One who is always feeling cold..
What about the person who is always doing the very bare minimum amount of work in order to not be fired? And the one who always arrive late and/or takes too long at lunch but nobody ever says anything.
Load More Replies...The disgusting one - never cleans up after themselves, or washes hands in the restroom The one who constantly talks about their children Me- AKA the odd one. Wears headphones around the office to avoid conversation. Talks to no one, uninviting in general. Data person on a sales team.
Oh, we have one like these. The cleaning ladies provided him a separate garbage collection, yes you got it right. That's not in the bin, it's just what he leaves around.
Load More Replies...I'm the one who works from home. The mythical creatures that people only talk to through hangouts and only shows up in person to certain meetings and to pick up their check and gets met with "oh, hey, you're here today" or "oh, so you're XX?" every time.
Somewhat random fact, my parents work at the same place and their company lets them each alternate working from home in the afternoons so that they can pick my brother and watch us after school. Some companies are awesome tbh
How about conference call Carl, who puts each and every phone call on speaker phone at full volume? That guy is a hoot.
Don't forget about the nature lover! Plants all over their desk... This is me :)
These are great, I can relate to quite a few of them. Number 5 did make me laugh and think of another related one. There is always someone who has an idea, can't make it happen, but picks holes in what others do to try and make it come to life.
11: The Idiot. the guy you can't believe got hired let alone manages to keep his job despite the obvious lack of more than 3 brain cells.
The rule is simple: If you can't recognize one (or more) type(s) in your office: IT'S YOU!!
No, it’s very possible to just not gave these types. My office has practically none of these types.
Load More Replies...What about the one that never shuts up and overshares, or has a comment for everything? UGH, makes it hard to focus.
RE:#9--that person is called a "proofreader" (sometimes "copy editor"). I make quite a nice living doing that 40 hours a week, thank you very much.
I am the one who works from home. I only show up when we have a dinner or something! hahaha~~
Or the intern who IS a 10 year old...usually the boss’s kid.
Load More Replies...You forgot the people who smile in your face & stick a knife in your back as soon as you turn around.
How do people graduate from college without knowing the difference between "who's" & "whose"? (ps: I'm #9)
The one that everyone else relies on to make it all less awkward ( open plan offices are so stressful :/ )
The sporty person who is always too injured to come to the work place. I have seen those in 3 places where I used to work. One woman for example had injured her leg when she was slalom skiing and when she finally come back to work then couple of weeks after that she was again unable to come back to work because she had injured her hand in the volley ball match...
Another one for me has to be the one who is OBSESSED by reality TV and who cannot for the life of them understand how anyone can not be interested in the same shows they watch, especially Keeping Up With the Kardashians. They also cannot understand how them constantly talking about such shows annoys anybody who doesn't watch them either. The men are just as bad as the women especially when there is a new Sci fi Series playing. You may watch it too, but just casually, but they will argue that you are not a fan unless you know every last detail and back story of every character on screen and could practically write a book on it.
The person who will relate to all of these in other people but will never see themselves as one.
I had worked from home only one week in my life and it was a nightmare. In the office you can do diverse things, at home you only work and nobody never came to you for a chat or share a coffee break. I found myself having lunch at four pm and dinner at midnight. I learned to point an alarm to get some rest. Never again.
Load More Replies...There's few more types:: 11. Who always talks loud on phone 12. Always asks for small loans and don't return on time 13. Who has tons of pictures and teddy bear sort of stuff on desk 14. One who is always feeling cold..
What about the person who is always doing the very bare minimum amount of work in order to not be fired? And the one who always arrive late and/or takes too long at lunch but nobody ever says anything.
Load More Replies...The disgusting one - never cleans up after themselves, or washes hands in the restroom The one who constantly talks about their children Me- AKA the odd one. Wears headphones around the office to avoid conversation. Talks to no one, uninviting in general. Data person on a sales team.
Oh, we have one like these. The cleaning ladies provided him a separate garbage collection, yes you got it right. That's not in the bin, it's just what he leaves around.
Load More Replies...I'm the one who works from home. The mythical creatures that people only talk to through hangouts and only shows up in person to certain meetings and to pick up their check and gets met with "oh, hey, you're here today" or "oh, so you're XX?" every time.
Somewhat random fact, my parents work at the same place and their company lets them each alternate working from home in the afternoons so that they can pick my brother and watch us after school. Some companies are awesome tbh
How about conference call Carl, who puts each and every phone call on speaker phone at full volume? That guy is a hoot.
Don't forget about the nature lover! Plants all over their desk... This is me :)
These are great, I can relate to quite a few of them. Number 5 did make me laugh and think of another related one. There is always someone who has an idea, can't make it happen, but picks holes in what others do to try and make it come to life.
11: The Idiot. the guy you can't believe got hired let alone manages to keep his job despite the obvious lack of more than 3 brain cells.
The rule is simple: If you can't recognize one (or more) type(s) in your office: IT'S YOU!!
No, it’s very possible to just not gave these types. My office has practically none of these types.
Load More Replies...What about the one that never shuts up and overshares, or has a comment for everything? UGH, makes it hard to focus.
RE:#9--that person is called a "proofreader" (sometimes "copy editor"). I make quite a nice living doing that 40 hours a week, thank you very much.
I am the one who works from home. I only show up when we have a dinner or something! hahaha~~
Or the intern who IS a 10 year old...usually the boss’s kid.
Load More Replies...You forgot the people who smile in your face & stick a knife in your back as soon as you turn around.
How do people graduate from college without knowing the difference between "who's" & "whose"? (ps: I'm #9)
The one that everyone else relies on to make it all less awkward ( open plan offices are so stressful :/ )
The sporty person who is always too injured to come to the work place. I have seen those in 3 places where I used to work. One woman for example had injured her leg when she was slalom skiing and when she finally come back to work then couple of weeks after that she was again unable to come back to work because she had injured her hand in the volley ball match...
Another one for me has to be the one who is OBSESSED by reality TV and who cannot for the life of them understand how anyone can not be interested in the same shows they watch, especially Keeping Up With the Kardashians. They also cannot understand how them constantly talking about such shows annoys anybody who doesn't watch them either. The men are just as bad as the women especially when there is a new Sci fi Series playing. You may watch it too, but just casually, but they will argue that you are not a fan unless you know every last detail and back story of every character on screen and could practically write a book on it.
The person who will relate to all of these in other people but will never see themselves as one.
I had worked from home only one week in my life and it was a nightmare. In the office you can do diverse things, at home you only work and nobody never came to you for a chat or share a coffee break. I found myself having lunch at four pm and dinner at midnight. I learned to point an alarm to get some rest. Never again.
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