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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."
"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.
A friend of mine told me the best way to get a raise was to go down the street aka get another job offer.... Somehow people floated around from business to business coming back to the same one at much higher pay
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When I started taking interviews I suddenly became a *valued employee.*
Lowlife, manipulative, narcissistic, sociopath. Leave if they exceed the competing offer. You lost years working for peanuts.
😌😏And pigs are running to for preside.... no wait that actually happened 😑
Based on your transparent bigotry against younger generations, I'm betting you're a baby boomer who hasn't applied for a job in 30+ years, and have no idea that the employment landscape no longer even resembles what you were used to. I respect that you worked hard, were loyal to your employer(s) and that your hard work and loyalty were rewarded with fair compensation. Please understand that era has passed and those values are extremely rare to find in a modern employer. Ever since applying to jobs online became a thing, employers realized it's super easy to replace people now, so it's become a race-to-the-bottom to pay employees the absolute minimum they can get away with (and gaslight them about it) to pad their profits. It's now commonplace for employees with years of seniority to train new hires that are already making more than they do. The simple reality of the modern American workforce is that in most cases, the only way to get a fair pay increase is to seek new employment.
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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.
THIS. Middle managers are suddenly keenly aware of how unnecessary they are. Micromanagers are feeling the pressure and reality that they are NOT as needed as they think they are.
Every single job that advertises requirements of "knowledge" and "skill" is really just like this.
Now we know why the cellphone companies announce a new model every, what is it, six months? And probably explains Windows 11, too.
exactly. If your page contains ANY of the above, OR animated gif banners, or "subscribe" popups with overlays, i CLOSE it INSTANTLY. BOOM f**k you and your advertising revenue. If your advert banners are STILL, I do not care how many they are. Just make sure (A) they do not intrude into the content and (B) they do not move or animate or make sounds.
With ADHD it is the exact opposite for me. I don't my talking time to end.
Eager young interviewer, obviously reading from a script: And where do you see yourself in 25 years? Me, 65 years old, and marking time until full retirement: Dead. Or in a nursing home ...
Manager: I'm firing you for embezzlement. Bob: but I never embezzled! Manager:I know, I did, now I'm pinning it on you! Unless you want to spend time in prison you better keep your mouth shut cuz all the work I had you doing makes it look like it was you!
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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