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Artist Creates Humorous Comics Depicting Situations In A Modern-Day Office (30 New Pics)
Interview With Artist
Working in an office does not only mean stability and routine but also stress, burnouts and challenges that one has to overcome. So it is not only good but also recommended to distance oneself from all the difficulties at work once in a while by looking at things from the prism of laughter. And we think we can help you with that!
"Work Chronicles" is back on Bored Panda with even more entertaining comics depicting funny incidents in the workplace. Doesn't matter what kind of job you have, we believe that most of us can relate to at least a few of the situations portrayed in these illustrations.
You can find more "Work Chronicles" comics in our previous article. Let us know if any of these have happened to you!
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Bored Panda contacted "Work Chronicles" to learn more about the artist and their creative work. The artist has been working for a technology company for around a decade now. "I used to draw comics years ago in college. Once the pandemic hit, I had some free time since I was no longer commuting. I started making comics again to unwind and 'work' was a topic that I had the most experience and interest in. I posted some comics on the internet, got positive feedback and kept it going."
The artist is self-taught and hasn't had any formal training. "When I was small, I was obsessed with comics. I read every comic book I could find. I would visit different book stores to buy old comic books. I cut out comic strips from newspapers and stuck them on notebooks. Naturally, I had the urge to make comics myself. I doodled everywhere—notebooks, textbooks, newspapers. I continued this habit through school and college. I started drawing comics using pen & paper, but eventually moved to digital tools like Adobe Photoshop, iPad + Apple Pencil + Procreate App and more recently Adobe Illustrator."
That! I always use email and chat as a last resort (after 2-3 unanswered emails). When ask why ? I say: Creating a papertrail to protect my behind. It was useful a LOT of times when someone try to blame my department for not sending an important document on time and then showing the papertrail of email asking someone to transmit said documents because HE was late for his part of the work. After 2-3 times, they stopped pestering me and went to the other department first.
Boss: Come in to my office and we can discuss your raise. Employee: Let's have an email discussion instead
ALWAYS. Sad that it has to be this way, but...people, ya know. Not only learned to email everything, but to time stamp the sending, add a time- stamp notification of being received, another for being read. As for chat, if you must chat, screenshot *everything*!
If you're using enterprise chat tools, good likelihood everything is logged and stored – especially if you work in an industry with compliance mandates (government, healthcare, finance, etc). Granted, mail search tends to be a lot more mature, but, I know Ive sent people reminder-links to Slack convos had MONTHS earlier.
IM is the tool for the entitled. When someone IMs me it messes up my flow. Email me and I'll get back to you, unless it's urgent, which it never is.
I'm the total opposite LOL message me if it needs to be done, otherwise email it. 8/10 times, I never even see emails
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Find another job. Work for yourself Don't work for an idiot... (Unless the pay is really good)
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Always keep a paper trail. DM's and RM's are paid to lie. Catch them at their own game. Also check your states laws, most states allow you to record conversations without telling anyone you're recording as long as you are in the conversation.
If you work in government you better damn well email and keep all emails!!!! A senior officer tried to throw their entire team of 15 people under the bus. Ha, one smart woman was like, not today Satan. Guess who got fired and who got promoted 🤪
That evidence is priceless if you need to sue someone. It's no longer He said. She said.
I was almost sent to jail for quite a while because my assistant manager was stealing my deposits in such a way as to frame me for it. If I hadn't made sure to always get it in writing each and every time I'd be on the chopping block for tens of thousands of dollars. Always. Document.
Chat creates document too, it’s why I ask for chat. People get upset but I can always go back and confirm hey you chatted me this at so and so day and time.
My Email.: *Per our discussion** Not all places allow chats and IM...our health system does not. Dont want it on record, better be a verbal conversation.
Anyone who thinks sending an email is CYA, should not send the email in the first place. 1. The email is your way of showing you work. 2. Discuss and come up with the solution, not a mail thread with questions and finger pointing, it's work not a courtroom. 3. Get a LIFE
We used to use Skype for Business at work. All chats were automatically saved in a folder in Outlook. I loved this because it created that evidence chain and gave me a way to refresh my memory on conversations. Then one day I called the IT help desk about a problem. The IT guy inexplicably went into Outlook, which was unrelated to my issue, and said "wow, you have a lot of saved chats". He proceeded to permanently delete them all before I could stop him.
If I have to chat to clients or boss, you bet I'm be recording the conversation! Had my share of "but I never said that"
"Work Chronicles" still remains a hobby for the artist. "I did the math and it's a lot of risks to do this full-time. I would need to do Patreon, merchandise, books, etc. And while that sounds great, I'm not sure how it would pan out 5 or 10 years down the line. I'm sticking to my day job right now, but who knows."
"The most challenging part of the creative process is selecting an idea and writing it into a script. I'm more obsessed with the script than the art. Great comics have great scripts. Writing and refining the script is also the part I enjoy the most."
The artist would love to eventually publish a book or a calendar and make short animated videos. Unfortunately, there's not enough time to work on new projects after the day job, comics and family.
"I love expressing ideas in the form of comics. It has the power to entertain as well as educate."
Any recruiter worth their salt will tell you 2 things... NEVER accept a counter offer from your current employer and NEVER tell them where you're going to work next.
Sneaky worker trying to change the subject! The problem is the extra 5 minutes, not that you are overworked!!
I once lost a huge Word document I'd spent months on (like a training manual, with a TOC and hyperlinks to chapters and an index). I actually cried when it got corrupted and was unsalvageable. No usable backups, either. That might've been the first time I really loathed technology.
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I'm looking for the one where you have to train the person to do the job of the promotion you interviewed for. Happened at a company I stayed way too long at. I was the "go-to" person in my then current position. Opportunity for a promotion came up and I applied and interviewed. They ended up giving it to a gal fresh out of college. They had her shadow me for a few weeks so I could train her to do the job I wanted. Wasn't her fault, but it was hard not to have contempt. By the end of training someone ended up telling her the situation and she was very apologetic. I was quick to tell her that it was 100% management, not her.
That's what's known as a "Subject Matter Expert". And it's a way for management to get more work from its veterans without paying them more.
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i really hate corporate work, it's the worst decision i've ever made.
I created an account just to ask: what about this is propaganda? Do you disagree that people are overworked and underpaid?
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I'm looking for the one where you have to train the person to do the job of the promotion you interviewed for. Happened at a company I stayed way too long at. I was the "go-to" person in my then current position. Opportunity for a promotion came up and I applied and interviewed. They ended up giving it to a gal fresh out of college. They had her shadow me for a few weeks so I could train her to do the job I wanted. Wasn't her fault, but it was hard not to have contempt. By the end of training someone ended up telling her the situation and she was very apologetic. I was quick to tell her that it was 100% management, not her.
That's what's known as a "Subject Matter Expert". And it's a way for management to get more work from its veterans without paying them more.
Load More Replies... i really hate corporate work, it's the worst decision i've ever made.
I created an account just to ask: what about this is propaganda? Do you disagree that people are overworked and underpaid?
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