Typing away on your keyboard in an air-conditioned office with beanbags, free coffee, and table football might not be as difficult as working in a factory, a mine, or putting out literal fires, but it’s not without its own challenges.
Office life can be a jungle where only the fittest survive the emotional and mental burnout, backstabbing politics, and water cooler small talk. But it’s also full to the brim with camaraderie, hilarious jokes, and more memes than you can shake a stick at.
The ‘Office Struggles’ Instagram page does exactly what it says on the tin: it provides your daily serving of office-related memes and struggles that anyone who’s ever worked at a cubicle will most likely recognize in a heartbeat. Scroll down for some great humor, upvote your fave pics, and remember to share these memes with all of your office-working pals.
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Oh I love that feeling of sending an email off then shutting down your computer and leaving the building
Every f*king day at my last job... like seriously, the decision makers had NO clue. We would tell them "it doesn't do that" and "that's not how it works" and "that WILL break, almost immediately, and take other things down with it" and always, ALWAYS, it was "too bad, that's what we decided to go with"... and without fail, every f*king time, it goes exactly like we told them it would and then they blame us and force us to make it work anyway. I am SO glad I got out of that s*thole.
Just because I was in office for six months doesn’t mean I know everything
I fear the day when youngsters finally notices that most of the baby boomers are already retired and starts to blaming Gen X :D
Company wide Email from HR, "we are supplying coffee and cakes at 10.30 as a thank you for your hard work" Email directly to me from HR, "Hi Paul, unfortunately somebody has projectile vomited in one of the toilet cubicles and the cleaners won't be here for another five hours, so........
Great statement. Some people think I'm weird or slightly r******d because when asked a question I often take 2 or 3 seconds to proceed and respond correctly. They prefer to rush and say the first b******t that goes through their head.
'But who will I talk to now!?!?? Phil??!?! I don't want to talk to Phil!!! Phil smells of mouldy bananas!!!!'
I can't get up now. The covers have accepted me as one of their own, and if I do move, I'll lose their trust.
I did not know that until I read this and now I regret ever reading it.
Is the work too much and my mental health is slowly getting worse? Correct.
Yes. Don't trust that and don't vent. Just say "I'm fine" and go to someone else with your mess. Scary.
And you don't have to take notes in meetings. If it's really important or it concerns you directly you'll remember it anyway.
"Not even at all" is a great way to summarize my life in general.
this is me anytime a have to leave the classroom to do something lol. Hey! I need to take my friend to the nurse! We both need to go give something to a teacher!
Since the pandemic, I've been 100% WFH. Sometimes I spend all day in my pyjamas and slippers. If someone tries to slide in a quick Zoom call, I have to suggest an hour later so I can get showered and dressed, and put make up on. Today for example; it's now11.40 and I have a Zoom meeting at 13.00. I've been dressed for 10 mins.
I had an older relative who always ate dessert first in case he died during the meal. He did that for like 30 years.
I had a job the denied a time off request, and it was just for a day, not a whole week or anything. So I just called in sick. LOL
Triple that, then do it twice a day, boom 240h for playing games and getting paid
That's what I was taught when I was young. Work hard, do your very best 100% of the time, be a mindful worker, solve problems before they start getting worse, will lead to advancements. Nope nope nope nope, not true at all. Maybe it used to be true, but not anymore.
When you're young, you never thought about looking forward to retirement. And then when you do, you sort of panic if you could even make retirement. So at this rate, I think I'll either drop dead still typing into the laptop or tell everyone on a virtual meeting I'm heading towards the light.
When you're young, you never thought about looking forward to retirement. And then when you do, you sort of panic if you could even make retirement. So at this rate, I think I'll either drop dead still typing into the laptop or tell everyone on a virtual meeting I'm heading towards the light.
