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Ah, another exciting day in the corporate world! I'm sure you live for waking up at 7 a.m., drinking mediocre office coffee and engaging in small talk with colleagues whose names you don’t know. And lucky for you, you get to do it all again tomorrow!

If you’re a cog in the corporate machine, you know all too well what it’s like to spend your days sitting at a desk and reading cringey posts on LinkedIn. And if you’re interested in checking out some hilarious memes about this experience, you’ve come to the right place! Below, you’ll find some of our favorite posts from the Surfing Corporate Instagram account. So enjoy scrolling through them while pretending to work, and keep reading to find conversations with the creator of Surfing Corporate, Aileen Merciel, and Ellen Venkrbcova, Marketing Manager at Femme Palette!

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Blue Morpho Butterfly
Community Member
2 years ago

now THIS is what all workplaces should be like! 🙌🙌

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    Annik Perrot
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    À year!

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    #3

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    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Clever…

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    #4

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    Blue Morpho Butterfly
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    i'm gonna be using this...

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    #5

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    That Person
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This

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    #6

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    Loewhaley Report

    Mad Dragon
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    And refuses to have a Question and Answer period.

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    #7

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    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    They will all remember, for Patricia was full of s**t and the attendees nodded in silence.

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    #8

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    Sky Render
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Could try a data entry job that lets you listen to your own music. It's pretty nice, spending all day doing mindless typing while rockin' it out to your favorite tunes.

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    #9

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    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I’m pretty optimistic about this. Over time, diversity will climb the pyramid. At my job, all the directors were white men. Now it's almost 50% men 50% women and 4 different ethnic groups. Dinosaurs are disappearing (even if some survive and take pretty colorful feathers), young people are making a difference because they do not let themselves be pushed around like my generation.

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    #10

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    Dawn Chan
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    what? only 27? Amateur. I have 50+

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    #11

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    Mike m
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Upper management makes one decision, goes home at 10am and is at the beach by 11. Meanwhile you're working until 9pm and still can't get caught up and you make 1/10th their salary if you're lucky.

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    #12

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    Annik Perrot
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    There's always going to be one that doesn't, too fond of the sound of their own voice.

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    #13

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    Papa
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    For some reason that reminds me of something I saw recently; "If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to."

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    #14

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    floppywriter Report

    Mike m
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    LinkedIn is the new MySpace.

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    #15

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    Employeeup1 Report

    Malek Basata
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I matter on maintaining my thoughts

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

    #16

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    _-DungeonKeeper-_
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    You could also say "no good" which is also true

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    #17

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    Bookworm (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    We have only explored 5% of our oceans

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    #18

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    That Person
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    That’s the only way it’ll find me well

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    #19

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    Kiwis Mom
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The olive

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    #20

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    Libstak
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    He has seen some things poor boi

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    #21

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    Lottie_Poppie Report

    Jill Rhodry
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Yas - my 'how's it going week' soulmate! Mondays = horrid, but you know it's going to be horrid so you're prepared - Wednesday = humpday, not bad; Thursday = nearly Friday, we're getting there; FRIYAY! So Tuesdays = it's already been a long week and it's only Tuesday, absolutely horrific 😨

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    #22

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    Pandemonium
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Even better is to be born rich. Think ahead!

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    #23

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    Rafael
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Now you don't even get the benefit of a wall

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    #24

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    Pandemonium
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    It's more satisfying to leave that first draft text in white font on a white background

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    #25

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    ConstantlyJon
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Will use today. Thank you.

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    #26

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    Occam's Chainsaw
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I feel seen.

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    #27

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    ConstantlyJon
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    mmmm pizza rolls

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    #28

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    hcdawes Report

    Fabian Bernard
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    ''I don't think I have enough overlook yet and appropriate skills acquired on that situation to achieve and manage that task with a satisfying efficiency'' was my words when I felt I was assignated a s****y task ( edit : I'm just a gardener 😁)

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    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Yearly feedback from the teams: communication from management could be improved because it is often unclear, contradictory and incomplete - Reaction from management: we all (minus management) had to do a day long communication training - but hey, there was free food!

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    Moltar
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    i block you with my schtyle!

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    #31

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    Luke Branwen
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Twitter is pretty chill in this situation, imagine if it was Tumblr

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Then you post the answer and less than ten seconds later the rest pile on with their "but, but ,butts".

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    #33

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    Mike m
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I've learned, get it overwith now and you will be happy for the rest of the day. Learning to deal head on with conflict has so many benefits.

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    #34

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    Pandemonium
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I sent Michael to F-ingClues.com and told him to start downloading

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    #35

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    WhatEvenIsLife
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I once started a job and, after not much time, realized the person before me had been doing it wrong for YEARS (a form of data entry). I brought it to my supervisor's attention and was told that I was NOT ALLOWED to do it correctly until management approved the change, and that I should keep doing it incorrectly until they did. That job was an endless nightmare of frustration and unsurprisingly, I left as soon as I could. My job and the database I managed were utterly useless because of how screwed up it had gotten, and they could not have cared less, even though that meant they were wasting tens of thousands of dollars every year over it. Their response every time it got brought up? "We haven't been sued yet *shrug*."

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    #36

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    Blue Morpho Butterfly
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    might start signing emails like this...

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    #37

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    Sarah Jones
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    “Circle back”, ugh

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    ElfVibratorGlitter
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    I've started going to chat gbt and type in, "reply to email 'xyz', but make it sound like I'm not an a-hole." Just make sure you get rid of "sure, you could reply with :" because I did that this week, and didn't remove it. 😎

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    Me. Just Me.
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Here's a tip. Hit reply. Immediately delete out all recipient email addresses so there is no longer a recipient listed. Type out exactly what you want to say, include your "Regards", "Thank you", "Kiss my a***", or whatever. Then go onto something else. Come back 30 minutes later and actually reply. Delete your "draft" email.

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    #40

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    LooseSeal's $10 Banana
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    A great environment for personal growth and abundant opportunities to make meaningful impacts on the world.

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    #41

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    Anna Pukse
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Sounds like plot of horror movie.

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    #42

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    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    My new year resolution was 3840 × 2160

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    #43

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    robin aldrich
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Oh there's way too many of those.... I just don't have the time

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    #44

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    BS Detector
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Turn off LinkedIn, until you're looking for a new job. It's the only time it has any use.

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    #45

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    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    This is where we need to develop an AI tool, ok you were close but you missed a capital letter, that was your old password - you just changed it yesterday, your right hand was off by a column of keys. Just give us some hints!

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    Mike m
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    We'll find some else.

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    Ace
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    2 years ago

    *Twitch*. My wife does this. I cannot begin to explain just how much it bothers me.

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    Trillian
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Really I don't care what he does as long as he doesn''t want to move back home. I've turned his room into an office and it is MY room now.

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    BROmanicus85
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Or just repeating "mhm" every 15 seconds, so they don't ask you anything! :))

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    dollh h
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Yep. Every time.

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    #51

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    If only.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited)

    Work meetings are the last place where you want to start handing out ice picks.

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    Sandra Ferreira
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    How to go through a day at work

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    #54

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    no sorry that's definitely "shark steps on lego"

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    *triggggggggered* omg omg I literally have nightmares about this happening

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    Vivienne
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Why does this remind me of that movie 9 to 5

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    #58

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    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    mine : !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Well, keep us updated and let us know when you’ve finally had it, so we can get the Party Planning Committee started planning your going away party.

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    #61

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    Phoenix Burn
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Because that is when you were last happy.

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    #62

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    Sky Render
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    And the new hires are all temps.

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    #63

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    Mike m
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Just wait until you hear about leverage, synergy, and low hanging fruit

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Interns

    #65

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    So THAT'S where puppymonkeybaby came from!

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    #66

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    Science Nerd
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    The only thing I got out of LinkedIn was an infinite series of requests asking me to write technical articles for free. Killed my account years ago and have never missed it.

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    It were not going to specify the next year of WHAT year.

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    Matt Richardson
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    My promotion at work had me managing people, it was a very trying time. Thankfully after a merger they reduced my responsibilities and gave me a raise. Or maybe I got demoted, either way, I got a decent raise.

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    Wintermute
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Money.

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    #71

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    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Ok, maybe I'm overreacting to this, but I have a co-worker who gets so irritated when the major Jewish holidays hit and we can't get a hold of any of them. But, she loves when we're out for a week for Christmas and they're working. Like...you realize the entire world doesn't celebrate the same holidays or take the same days off right? In fact, crazy thing here, some people don't get holidays off at all no matter their beliefs! Crazy I know!

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    Rachel Parker
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    2 years ago

    Need to read it a couple of times, but I think this actually says “get f**ked”.

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    ConstantlyJon
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    I have my computer muted at all times and we aren't allowed to have Teams on our phone due to confidentiality issues. I've no idea what this sounds like.... but I still don't look like these people. Bummer.

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    Bored Birgit
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Off topic: The single tooth under his nose. Can't watch films in cinema with him because of this.

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    Papa
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Back before I learned how to set my phone to Do Not Disturb, a coworker sent me a TEXT that should have been an email, at around 2:00 am, and it woke me up. I'm afraid I spoke harshly to him about it the next day, but to be fair, he never did it again.

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    Natty Tempest
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Only when I'm breathing...