50 Hilariously Accurate Memes That Sum Up Millennial Struggles At Work
Interview With AuthorWhile boomers enjoy their well-deserved (cough, eyeroll, cough) retirement in 200 square meter houses with pools and stuff—after all, they are the ones taking advantage of the current housing market boom—millennials are trying to maintain their office job that’s barely leading anywhere. Definitely not to homeownership, since home values in the US soared by 31.2% in two years, making that already distant dream basically impossible. And when Adidas says impossible is nothing, let me tell you, some things really are.
So let’s get back to that office job that gives you barely enough money for your daily fix of bio avocados (you gotta get those healthy fats!), Sunday hangover food, nice skin moisturizer, and Amazon prime account. If it keeps you awake at night, you are not alone. Corporate Millennial Anxiety is a real thing, and the sooner it's recognized, the sooner we will be able to help our lost souls.
Thankfully, there’s a safe space to talk about hard millennial things, aka work, shifts, overtime, balance, payroll, career (who even invented that word!), job stress-induced weight gain and dark undereye circles. Welcome to the account of the most painfully accurately and brutally funny corporate millennial memes which goes by the same name as the diagnosis of my fellow generation—“Corporate Millennial Anxiety.”
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Bored Panda reached out to Alane Rebecca, the creator behind the Corporate Millennial Anxiety memes account, to find out more about the project. Alane describes herself as a “quintessential 90's nostalgia-loving millennial who continues to grasp at every last bit of my youth.” She added that she treats her dogs like kids and still quotes Mean Girls daily.
“I posted my very first meme on the Corporate Millennial Anxiety account on December 14th, 2020. The account was born out of a text conversation with one of my favorite coworkers. We were both adapting to working from home, to cope she and I would send each other funny work-related Tik Toks and memes,” the creator recounted.
She continued: “One day she jokingly texted, ‘You should start a viral Instagram account’, to which I responded ‘Say less’. I created the account, began posting and it blew up. The account grew at a shocking rate and I had 10K followers within 2 weeks.”
And if not everyone does it, the votes will remain 100% anonymous so there is no peer pressure. Great idea.
Alane said that at that point in time a lot of millennials hadn't joined Tik Tok yet, “so I think my reposting of millennial and work-related Tik Toks to a social media platform that millennials were already engaged on created something novel within that demographic,” she explained.
When selecting the post to share, Alane said she always looks for content that makes her say "It's me". “If it resonates with me, it will most likely resonate with my follower base.”
According to the author of the Corporate Millennial Anxiety Instagram account, even though the world was in the midst of a pandemic, the expectations of corporate employees remained the same. “I think we were all just stuck working from home with a lot of time and not a lot of work-life balance. I think everyone's mental health took a massive toll throughout 2020. I think my light-hearted, but sarcastic humor resonated with many millennials working in corporate America.”
But “sharing relatable content about feeling anxious or struggling with the dreaded "imposter syndrome", made people feel less alone throughout the ups and downs of the pandemic,” Alane explained.
Worked for an organisation that did field trips for staff. Got to see a few weird things. Dagenham car manufacturers was one! Was actually really interesting,
After having seen so many millennial memes and jokes, Alane believes that “what stands out the most about my generation is that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Many of us have delightfully dark and self-deprecating humor. We aren't afraid to laugh at ourselves when we do something stupid.”
Moreover, “I know millennials have a reputation for being too soft, but I strongly disagree with that idea. I think we are a compassionate and resilient generation that is not afraid to ask for help or make a bold decision like leaving a steady job because it's toxic,” she concluded.
Work: "Our engagement survey shows we all want a good home/work balance." Me working from home: "I did some dishes on my 15 minute break, and did laundry at lunch, now I can spend that time with my family after work instead of doing household chores." Work: "How dare you! Time for everyone to come back to the building and stop this nonsense."
What I find most shocking about US work culture is people not taking their vacation leave and they get so little of it in the first place. It seems like people with office jobs are afraid their job will be given away if they take time off.
I worked for a big company that made a big deal of putting in a "wellness room" for employees to relax. But then they didn't put any furniture in it. Just a empty room with "wellness room" on the door. Empty like their employees souls are after working there.
What a waste. Lie on the floor just to make the point!
Load More Replies...My students and I were looking for an article to use for informative essay writing. Came across one that said teachers work an average of 400 hours of OT per year. Idk how accurate that is, but I work an average of 20 extra hours a week give or take.
I feel blessed to work for a company that ACTUALLY endorses this and sticks by it... but I'll be damned if my anxiety doesn't freak out if I'm even in the bathroom for more than 5 min at work
My boss walks out on me sitting on the floor in the hall at least once a week; he never tells me to get back to work, and because of that he knows he can expect me back in less than 5 minutes. Sometimes I just need a minute to breathe
That's what working at Dollarama was like. Everyone had to go on their break one at a time. "You can go on your break." Me: Takes a jaunt to the Starbucks across the lot. Comes back in the store 10 minutes later. "Where were you? You were in your aisle. We were looking all over for you." Wtf. Every. Single. Time.
The employee needs to say, "You (assuming the "boss") encourage people to take breaks and go for a walk. That's what I am doing. If I misunderstood or am doing something that is not in alignment with that expectation, please let me know so that I can meet your expectations."
Oh and be determined but not so determined that you actually know what you want because that might scare your colleagues (m/f)
I haven't stopped working....the pandemic didn't even break their stride...we just worked on through it...no work from home, nothing.
In my company you are expected to sign up for finance/technical courses in order for you to increase your expertise. You sign up, go through mind-melting demagogic storm of corporate slang, understand 10% of what they "taught" you, then end up with 40% more work and additional tasks on top of what you were already struggling with. Catch is, you get nothig extra because the higher paid positions are already taken and there is a queue behind each one. But hey, my company wants me to show personal development desire?
Biggest stress was trying to figure out what music to have. Haha also Napster.
I worked very hard on Monday so I could take it easy for the rest of the week. You should start your weekend rested on Thursday evening.
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Longer story short : life sucks, everyone is miserable, screw that s**t.
"Life is pain. Anyone who says different is selling something." -Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride
Load More Replies...Nope. This has been my life for the past 21 years. I'm so tired...
Load More Replies...I got to #5 and none of them had anything at all to do with being a millennial. What is going on here. Did they put the wrong title and intro on this list?
I'm guessing it's a buzzword, so people include it in titles to get more clicks?
Load More Replies...Especially when 75% or more of the meeting content has abso-f*cking-lutely nothing to do with your job!
Load More Replies...Well, by the sounds of this miserable lament, all of you "millennials" bring your angst on yourselves. It has nothing to do with those of us who are Boomers---I sure didn't ask that any of you be born, and I'm thankful that my son wasn't in your generation, but was a hard working man all during his short life.
Longer story short : life sucks, everyone is miserable, screw that s**t.
"Life is pain. Anyone who says different is selling something." -Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride
Load More Replies...Nope. This has been my life for the past 21 years. I'm so tired...
Load More Replies...I got to #5 and none of them had anything at all to do with being a millennial. What is going on here. Did they put the wrong title and intro on this list?
I'm guessing it's a buzzword, so people include it in titles to get more clicks?
Load More Replies...Especially when 75% or more of the meeting content has abso-f*cking-lutely nothing to do with your job!
Load More Replies...Well, by the sounds of this miserable lament, all of you "millennials" bring your angst on yourselves. It has nothing to do with those of us who are Boomers---I sure didn't ask that any of you be born, and I'm thankful that my son wasn't in your generation, but was a hard working man all during his short life.