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Office workplaces have long been the cause of mocking and ridicule, but remain quite popular, as, often, prestigious, comfortable jobs to slowly grind your way up the corporate ladder. But this is no barrier for the younger generation to share all the painfully relatable and downright silly parts of 21st century employment.

This Instagram page gathers memes dedicated to Gen Z and Millennials sharing the humorous and sometimes ridiculous reality of working in the modern, corporate world. So scroll through, upvote whatever ends up being annoyingly relatable, and feel free to share your own feelings about the workplace. 

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maggie stowe
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not all heroes wear capes 💗💗💗

CanidaeVulpes
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m surprised they give you a range before getting to the end of an entire interview process

Satan
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if we ALL do this...

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    Mohsie Supposie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, promoting, AND hiring someone to replace the person promoted. Otherwise the promoted person will end up doing two jobs for the price of one!

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Management: yes, a promotion! You'll receive same salary and your team mates will just work little bit harder.. /s

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    MiriPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a team runs efficiently by itself, maybe there is no need for a manager running the team on a daily basis ? 🤔

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either that, or just handing out raises, basically dividing up the salary of the manager they don’t need between them, and never hiring a manager for their team—-unless they specifically, and most importantly, unanimously ask you to.

    JayCee
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or cut the fat from the company by not hiring middle management and pay the workers higher wages instead. Most managers are not necessary.

    Karin Jansen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once had an interim-manager say: "A manager's job is to make himself redundant." Best manager I've ever had.

    Djennie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, crazy idea, don’t bother replacing them because they’re not needed.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you have your workforce configured wrong, and there is no need for a manager. Instead, raises may be called for.

    Monday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or perhaps split the salary you'd pay a manager among the remaining team members so they can all get a raise. If they're working fine without a leader then perhaps they don't need a leader.

    Analyn Lahr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just happened in my department. Manager left, spot vacant. They decide to hire someone who used to work for the company (in a different department) instead of hiring someone who actually knows how to run the department already.

    Tee Rat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My team ran with an assistant supervisor for a year and they told her she still didn't have enough experience. They wanted her to train the new supervisor from outside the company. Surprise!!!! She's working elsewhere now.

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    The_OG_Catlady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To stay as far away from me as possible. Now I have Long Covid I really don't want people in close range anymore. Especially collegues who still come to the office clearly ill with something that I will 100% catch and set me back months of hard work in recovery. We live in the EU, you don't have to come in sick. We have unlimited sick days so stay home or work from home.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Working. From. Home. Only without constant interruptions from management that are frustrated they can’t physically breathe down my neck anymore. Worse if there’s more than one manager doing it redundantly—-don’t those f*****s EVER talk to each other first and just send ONE email or make ONE call, FFS? I started that way and left that s**t job. Then my husband decided to start his own business, after talking to me about it for the last 15 years. I still work from home, only now I’m doing it for OUR company, not someone else’s. No micromanaging or any other management/owner b******t, because my husband and I ARE the owners and managers. I have promised myself that I will remember all the c**p I learned NOT to do from years of working for total a******s, because I refuse to become an a*****e just like them.

    Juririn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some, working from home was living at work 😑

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    tuzdayschild
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not have to go to social events, unless I want. Jack's wedding: Yes! So much fun! Jill's wedding: No! Drama & pretension.

    Jen M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh, stay away from Jill's events, everyone!

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    Teresa C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously WFH forever but also keep their distance. I like my bubble

    GhostlySnail (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I liked wearing a mask so that people couldn’t see my facial expressions. I still do sometimes.

    Mike Hunt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Accidentally" hanging up on meetings and blaming poor internet

    Kel_how
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Muting them yourself because you're the meeting host

    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not trusting the CDC, FDA or any other gov agency

    Firstname Lastname
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Demanding some elbow room. Not going to work sick. But also this.

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    Discussions over how the various generations see and perform in the workplace have been a business analyst and consultant staple since the first millennial graduated high school and started working. Most follow the age-old cliches of “digital natives, digital immigrants,” and vague terms regarding a “global generation.” More extreme examples claim that young people don’t want to work, disregarding the fact that most people don’t want to work, we want to live. 

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    The reality is that people of all generations are different, with different interests, goals, dreams, and desires. And let’s face it, the “workplace” is not static as well, with the rise of technology companies over the last twenty years absolutely changing multiple industries and economies simultaneously. After all, Steve Jobs was not a Millennial but still pioneered a more casual look at the office. 

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Change it to "make this an email button" and it would be VERY efficient.

    Jennifer Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got my boss a sign for her office that says "another meeting that could have been an email"

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    ShaZam Beaubien
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We like to play word BINGO. If a supervisor says a certain word ... and the word was chosen by you ... you get a point . Example "game-changer" ... of course, supervisor not aware of game ... fun for everyone😃

    CocoHenri
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't have the bandwidth, above my pay grade, get granular on this, deep dive, I have one more question (said by the person who makes meetings go on and on and on. . .)

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    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if this button existing I know for a fact that most meetings at my company would end 2-3 minutes after they started!

    DadManBlues
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We should be able to push that button remotely before the meeting begins.

    Amy Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes... squid game the meeting

    AliJanx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or they can just leave the call because they "have a conflict." My conflict is usually boredom.

    Lisa Hathaway
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I left one today due to a "pressing matter" and had my visiting mother stand in and wrap it up (we're in the same business). "Pressing matter" was my overburdened bladder lol

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    zgillet
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You would never have a meeting.

    cryssH
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meetings are to be run using Robert's Rules of Order which states that a person can 'motion to adjourn' and if someone seconds the motion then the motion passes.

    John Smith (he/him/xy/️)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh noes all the ego tripping managers who realize stuff can be done without them..because ALL meetings will be less than 5 seconds from then on.

    GuyYouMetOnline
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually disagree. Some meetings are important, but people would push the button even during those. I agree with the idea behind the concept, though.

    John Smith (he/him/xy/️)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those meetings should come with a predetermined agenda and start and end times. If not important enough to prepare for those then it could have been an email.

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! THIS! I need more money bc the price of living has gone up!

    Rosecrucian Roeth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO, NO, NO you can't because this would leave us with less money to spend upon frivolous items that we need to survive..............

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If pizza is an acceptable form of compensation, why aren't CEOs paid in pizza?

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, had to have a convo with my manager at the beginning of this year. I had been getting "raises" but when I really looked at it I wasn't even getting cost of living adjustments so in reality I was making less this year then when I started. I had to put it in numbers and show them for the company to see that to keep me they needed to take action and they did. No bitching or crying or stomping around. I showed them the numbers and they reacted. I know not all companies would but I finally see that I had to change the way I spoke about it to make the higher ups in the company to listen!

    Sara Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's like with my ex. U can't say "we don't have any money" and then alway b out spending money and giving yourself bonuses and raises. And if u have "record breaking profits", u can't claim price increases r due to increased costs of making/transporting ur product

    Nick Curtis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my company was one of the ones that bragged about record profits but then refused to give cost of living increases saying the pandemic has been hard. didn't even try to create a connection between the two statements to explain how both could be true just announced record profits and then a month later told us they couldn't afford cost of living increases. Haven't gotten one since before the pandemic

    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correction: "If your pay rise TO US is not matching inflation, you're giving us a pay cut." Because you can bet pounds to peanuts that THEIR pay rises *more* than match inflation!

    Khavrinen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny how MY raise isn't matching inflation and YOUR raise is quadrupling it, don't you think?

    zgillet
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I love working for an owner that is 2 offices away that I see almost daily. Nice four-man team company that still makes a ton of money a year.

    ShyWahine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh Lord, this is absolute GOLD!!!!!

    Tracy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hubby worked for a company for 17 yrs with sincere loyalty, was paid half a normal salary of a master plumber, & had no retirement benefits. I helped him get a new & better job, in 2 years he doubled his salary, got amazing benefits, & after he died suddenly I got a decent life insurance payout his other employer would have NEVER done. Be as ruthless as any company not willing to pay ur worth.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because other companies act s****y towards their staff, you do not have to.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or just because you started your own company because other companies treated YOU like s**t doesn’t mean YOU have to treat your employees the same way your a*****e ex-bosses treated you. Do some research. You’ll discover there are a slew of other management styles, and the a*****e model you’re using is not only counterproductive and out of date, it’s also going to destroy your company. You won’t attract the best and brightest, and if you do by some fluke, you will not retain them for long. Customers will not get what they’re paying for, and will spread the word that your company is s**t. NO amount of expensive advertising can reverse bad word of mouth.

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    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would have loved to be able to vote this 1000 times!

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    It’s fairly well documented that Gen Z and to a lesser extent Millennials will change jobs very often, with average tenures being around two years. Gone are the days of “company people,” who will stay at one post for over a decade, now young people demand promotions or at least some degree of professional development. Like the question of the chicken or egg, it’s unclear if this is actually the “fault” of younger workers, or the result of how rapidly the business landscape now changes. 

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to be successful at 25: Have rich parents/ have a sugar daddy

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, the system working the way it was designed to.

    Jen M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did this get downvoted? We all know the system is designed to keep the rich in power. Your comment is dead on. It's not like you said the way the system is designed is GOOD, just that it works the way those who designed wanted it to. WTF. Have an upvote to offset whoever is having a bad day and downvoting clear, concise and correct comments.

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    Teresa C
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    2 years ago

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    Cat Chat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peter at the end of the call: thanks for wasting my time by not just saying #5 and end the call right there 🙄😉

    linda collins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me thinks that it was No 5. that made the real difference.

    Jen M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jeez, Fred is not very nice is he.

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    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still am I your him or her. I would imagine that most people who work or a relative, especially a parent would not. Put the effort into doing numbers one through four.

    Junebugjump!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, Elizabeth Holmes has a very similar list and guess where she’s headed today? The slammer.

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this so funny. I laughed for three mins.

    mrsmir
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg me too! in the middle of my office, cackling like a weirdo.

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    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    alright this is f*****g priceless.

    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand this post. REALLY good employers, like HP when Bill and Dave were in charge, will treat their employees fairly, and well, AND look after them. Funnily enough, they get a much greater output from their staff. Treat employees as cost units, and that is exactly how they will behave. I absolutely LOVED working at the good OLD Hewlett-Packard, until Carly Fiorina effectively destroyed it (in terms of differentiation from other employers). It was an absolute privilege to contribute to a company with ethics, and excellent products, and which treated employees very well. (Mind you, I had just come from NAB in Australia, which was the worst employer I have ever encountered.) Sadly it is now just another manufacturer of consumer goods (HP) or business products (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise). Most of the brilliant products and technology, let alone the ethos and camaraderie I worked with, are long gone. Vale Bill and Dave! You were brilliant!

    Goat express
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, here's some candy/food/Dunkin gift card

    Book Worm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not people making a big deal out of it because they can't take a joke. It's not "offensive" it's humor, get used to it, you're no better than the rest of us. ✌️

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    This is dumb.

    JayCee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone doesn't work for a woke company. All the social justice is performative.

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked for a place for twenty-five years under four bosses, and in all that time I only received one call at home from one. He had heard that I had had a falling accident and wanted to make sure I was ok. He told me to be sure to take the next day off.

    Ace Magruder
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My manager took a 1-month leave. His OOO message said, "the first thing I'll do when I get back is delete all the email I received while gone" and then included a links to instructions on how to schedule an email to resend in the future. I miss thirst guy.

    Junebugjump!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do the same when I get back from vacation. Ridiculous to go through old requests.

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    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve left the people covering my job responsibilities, phone number on my out of office. Down below in this feed another person leaves on his out of office. Email that all emails date stamped would be deleted upon his return. Great.

    Rosie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always file my fandom stuff under "OoOO" (for "Objects of Our Obsession"). It took me until I read the comments to realize what this was.

    Ozymandias73
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should be running the business at this point!

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is he former because he sent this email?

    Teresa C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I couldn't get past the fact that he makes $750,000....

    Ballet is my home
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s 750,000 other employees. It doesn’t say how much he makes

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    If you have older relatives, you have no doubt had the “joy” of helping them set up a new phone or TV or even showing them how to access, say, Google Docs. While for most of us, this is almost instinctual, it’s worth remembering that in the past, technology didn’t jump nearly as quickly, and people weren't used to a total overhaul of everything every few years. Similar processes are true in the modern workplace, so Gen Z and Millennials have no desire to keep doing things a certain way when new opportunities arise. 

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    P.A. Yearsley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And after they apply, they should be required to live at the salary of their lowest paid employee.

    DelvianBlue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of an old boss I had. She threatened to take away lunch breaks unless we met this impossible quota. When we couldn't do it she decided to do it herself to show us how easy it is if you worked fast enough and hard enough. She couldn't do it. Did she lower the quota? Nope. She told us she was sure we would find a way to do it with our experience. Then she cut out lunch breaks since we were too slow and not working hard enough. Our work days were usually 10-11 hours so it made for a long day. I didn't stay for long.

    More!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a three month process when my daughter applied for a trainee croupier role in a casino. As luck would have it, just a few days before she was advised that she had been successful, she had decided moved back home (interstate, thousands of kilometers away from the casino). So she declined their offer. Three months? I ask you!

    Knight522
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should be a requirement to be a regular bottom employee for a year before allowing to become a CEO in the same company

    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially companioes using the crappiest, cheapest POS software to try and get thru

    Ozymandias73
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or even better, have the home office execs work in the field for like 2 weeks or so. Some of them came up thru the ranks but have long forgotten what it was like. Making decisions that actually disrupt the flow of the people doing the work b/c "Joe had a great idea!"

    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want the people working for mass transit to have to ride mass transit.

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    Solidhog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should try contacting a human employee at their company through their website and ask them how their day is going. If it take more than 10 minutes CHANGE YOUR SYSTEM! The World Wide Web was invented to make communication quicker and easier. Not so you could make it harder and more frustrating.

    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can think of two companies that will forever have my business: MTD and Water Boss. Both answered the phone in three rings, no phone tree, no "visit our website" .

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    Janice Sanz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or if they even qualify for the position.

    Sara Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And go thru the training and probationary period

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    Donkey boi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes! It's called Williams' Law.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The neat thing about Williams' Law is that if you forget the name there's a very quick way to find it out.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this works in any context. Your boss ignoring your email? send him a completely f****d version of what he last said to you, he will email back with a rant explaining what he said. Bingo, got it in writing.

    Jk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who asks a programming question on reddit over stackoverflow?

    zgillet
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably for an obscure or niche programming language with a tight community. I'd probably go there for things like programming a Dreamcast game.

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    Jericho Kilmister
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who the f*ck goes to Reddit for programming questions? Stackoverflow is the place

    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have ALS so I have to rely on JR voice to text J hard when writing my texts. It is amazing to me how many people will take the time to correct my grandma and punctuation and spelling rather than responding to the context of the post. This is especially prevalent with Facebook And my local Nextdoor app

    Space Yeti
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    2 years ago

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    Sara Wilson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet, further proof of how toxic social media is

    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very sad. I am guilty of it myself.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day last week I logged on to find someone has sent me a Teams message at after 8pm asking if anyone was online to look at an issue. Clearly there wasn't as it was after hours. I will say that the person did have a legit issue which we resolved in the morning.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proof that the 8pm “emergency” could wait until after 9 the next morning. So not a real emergency. Boundaries, people. Boundaries.

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    AliJanx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That person is the LAST person who gets a response on Monday. Always.

    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a customer in the line earlier this morning complaining that his service representative still hadn't answered his messages. Dude, you just emailed three minutes ago. That's not even enough time for the automated system adding it to your active account. Your representative didn't even see it yet, since the messages get sorted every ten minutes and it's really not that pressing to answer your question for your building project that's in three months! Some people!

    Zane Lumagrowl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a customer yesterday call complaining that no one was returning his call from Friday. He had called 4:57 on Friday and we were out of the office for the long weekend. He calls again at 9:15 yesterday, I hadn't even gotten messages off the answering machine yet and he's all pissed off that no one called him. I told him we just got back from the long weekend, he says thats no excuse.... people are so exhausting

    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like “I’ve been trying to call you all week!” and the one message from them is from just a couple hours ago. Try harder, dingus!

    Robert McKenzie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assuming people are working online 24 hours a day is utterly SICK. At least wait for a response until AFTER they are 'back on deck'. BTW, I hated that I used that nautical reference; my boss asked me how I felt now 'I was on board' the day after I joined. I wasn't aware the company was based on a ship!

    Yvette Desmarais
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big nope. Anything sent after 4 pm on Friday doesn't get read until mid morning Monday.

    Kel_how
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It needed time to marinate...and I did, too"

    Sandra Morison
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2 different people emailed me 1 @ 1837 and 1 @ 2250 to advise they would not be able to attend training next day.......I left at 0700 to travel to training office to find this out at 0915 when I arrived and switched on laptop

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    Managers unable to understand or keep up with shifting demands are often at a loss as to what makes people leave. Instead, they need to be asking themselves, what do I do to make them stay? As often as everyone talks about the digital age, it’s easy to overlook that the internet lets us see inside almost every workplace, from Subway to a day in the life of senior developers at a tech company. This exchange of information allows workers to rapidly evaluate their own work compared to others. It's easy to see how bad conditions quickly lead to labor shortages. 

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    Hawkmoon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure you can found that in hieroglyph in some ancient pyramid.

    Anon Yymi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're tired of pulling a massive stone cube around and want more breaks? I swear nobody wants to work anymore!

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    Nathan Pogorzala
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no one WANTS to work. We HAVE to work.

    Sean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you dont have to. you can always just starve to death

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    Ripley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just a different take on "young people are awful and have no manners" which has been around since Socrates at least!

    Rahul Pawa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Along with "[latest media format] is ruining young people's brains!" Pretty sure I read that ancient Greek philosophers said the same thing about stone tablets!

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    Saint Tim the Godless
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Translation: "people are getting angry when I barely pay them and treat them like s**t? But I'm sPeCiaL!" -Every CEO

    papski
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has anyone ever really "wanted to work"...? Given the choice, we'd all live lives free of the pressures of having to earn money.

    Monday
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well I think most of us would choose some kind of work even if we didn't have to, just to stay productive. Like if I was ridiculously rich I'd probably still put in a shift or two teaching online or volunteering somewhere cool. But that would be like 8 hours a week instead of 8 hours a day.

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    Crazy Meerkat Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody wants to work anymore for the lowest possible income in exchange for long hours, extra hours, work overload and a stressful / toxic work environment. There, I fixed it for you.

    Paul Richards
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently all the profits are coming from nobody working

    Gogubaci
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you pretend to pay I pretend to work

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, NO-ONE has ever WANTED to work. Ever. People work only to get the money necessary to survive in this society. If someone comes into enough money to support themselves (e.g. wins a big lottery), what's most likely to be the first thing they do? That's right, quit working.

    Tim Nicebutdim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 80yo mum said it on the phone the other day, I rolled my eyes.

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    L.V
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget retiring at 35... Yes please!

    Silly-Rabbit
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then applying and interviewing for jobs, only to have to answer why the pause in employment :)

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes you can! that's called being a management consultant.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perfect opportunity to micromanage TF outta that a*****e micromanager who made your life miserable before you retired. Sweet! Mess with their head like they messed with yours. Be the bad karma coming back to bite them on the a*s (not literally. Yuck).

    Yvette Desmarais
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! I'm done with that BS when I'm out of there.

    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they have the "Masters" tournament or equivalent in most sports. So why not in employment?

    MeowZer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This made me laugh so hard! The joy!

    Thegoodboi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesss go full on Gordon Ramsey on them!

    Andy Frobig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, let's roll that back...right there, she gives her boss a tacit go ahead to take credit for her work. Rookie mistake! Michelle's really gonna have to step up at 4:30 and tell Carl she's not coming in Saturday

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    Dave Hanel
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is so their AI can sift through the resumes in a standardized format. You basically need to sneak in as many buzz words from the job posting as you can, just so the AI sends it to a human.

    Justin Thyme
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have abandoned plenty of applications that pull this c**p

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be a crime!

    zgillet
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They want you in "the system" and don't want to pay someone to input it for you.

    Diana Graham
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A job I applied for demanded a resume, so I brought one but was told I had to fill out their application. On pretty much every line, 'REFER TO RESUME'!!

    Brainmas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plus a cover letter which also includes the same basic information and some pandering and mild begging.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of our government departments are like this, but not all. Some DO requrie you to retype all this c**p. Which is bad enough. However there's one in particular which is bad, they require you to POST it. Now, as we all know, post in Africa does not function. So you end up having to drive there like it's 1899 and drop it off in person.

    Linde Van Den Berg
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, butt can we talk about that pfp? (pun intended)

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    Often, analysts will find it surprising that two global recessions (among other disruptions) haven't made Gen Z and Millenials more risk-averse, but the truth is, they have little to risk. If you aren’t drowning in car payments and mortgage fees, what exactly do you have to lose? Remember, Gen Z and Millennials have also seen the path to recovery after two global recessions and believe that there will be more ups and downs in the future. 

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    Monday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too have this interest, but it's so difficult to find related activities.....

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you mean to escape from it into something that isn't a moving goalpost and soul-crushing? hmm how about AI wrangling? I hear there's openings in that.

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    zgillet
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually like programming, but the money definitely helps.

    Sara Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Tell me how u r passionate about answering calls in a call center to help our customers, but given the call metrics we have, u won't actually be able to help and force them to just call in over and over and over again, getting more frustrated and pissed off each time. We only want people who r passionate about their jobs."

    Yvette Desmarais
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I could I'd do it at home part time for the hell of it. But it's way better to get paid.

    Justin Thyme
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats why I work construction instead--

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I SWEAR no one wants to WORK anymore?!?! I WONDER why!?!?

    Karin Jansen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Darn generation Z! In MY days, we'd WORK FOR FREE.

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GOOD managers—-an extremely rare breed, to the point of extinction—-roll up their sleeves, jump in, and help out when they’re short handed. They DON’T pile more work on their employees, who are already stretched way too thin, without even offering them a significant raise to try and justify it, although there comes a point where even extra money isn’t enough to offset mental and physical burnout exhaustion.

    Saint Tim the Godless
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No one wants to work [for a******s] anymore." There, fixed it for you.

    Jody Whitmarsh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's nuts... totally crazy. Who knew?

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is so painfully true! We just had a person on our team get let go because of reasons.... and the management decided not to replace them for now. What we all took that to mean is they are going to see if we can all absorb his work and keep them from having to hire anyone ever! It's not going to be a great back half of the year for us!

    Sarcastic Jock
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Work to contract my friend. Do your job description and nothing else. They will have to fill the void eventually.

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    Sara Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because "no one wants to work anymore!"

    Deborah Rubin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was hired for one job. I was stuck with others as those people quit. I quit. I later found out from someone who still worked there that in the few months I'd been gone, they'd hire two people to do my job. Neither worked out. They didn't know when they had it good.

    Jay Son
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother in law is in exactly this company. He's leaving soon, too lol

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    Andy Frobig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Music is terrible this way. Majors all think they'll get a chair in some legendary orchestra, and when it doesn't happen they resort to making kids think THEY'LL get into a legendary orchestra. 90% of the jobs in music are people who found out they can't make money playing, taking money from people who think they can make money playing

    Jen M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol, Egyptology pyramid scheme...

    Seabeast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 Work like an Egyptian.. 🎶

    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he started Egyptology, he doesn’t want to work. Same as this lady named Olivia who’s post is below this one

    Sometimes people point to the fact that Gen Z in particular prefers “interesting” work, but the actual statistics show that it’s a fairly even split. Given the massive amount of choice and information available, it might be that younger people simply do not know what they want yet, so they actively try different things to get a better idea of who they are. So despite the trappings and “seriousness” of the corporate world, it’s not surprising that many would instead "memeify" it, not worship it. 

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    Tiramisu 🇵🇸
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does the Arabic really say “Your mom’s soul”?

    ADDee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s an Egyptian Arabic expression that is equivalent to “in your dreams.” It is based on that only your mother will indulge you in such unrealistic demand.

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most would argue that dogs don't do work and people are allergic to them, but that didn't stop them from hiring my coworkers.

    YetAnotherSarah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the Arabic is the equivalent of the American South's "Bless your heart"?

    Sue User
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone talks about workers loyalty but I have never heard of companies loyalty.

    Pieter LeGrande
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a cat- you be loyal to me or I go find another.

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    Dawn Marie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where can I fill out an application?

    Rider (any pronouns)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This needs to be normalized. I work at a school, my boss is the principal, I get called to the principals office. Principals use the same phrasing and tone on staff as they do on students, it's nerve racking.

    Teresa Thomas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100%! I work at a high school, and to be treated like the kids is maddening, especially in sensitive situations

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    Teresa C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sup does that but mainly bc the bosses are soul draining leaches who like to fire everyone so he just likes to lower my anxiety and lemme know today's not that day...yet

    Jessica Cooney
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boss prefaces all last minute calls to me with "I promise, you didn't do anything wrong..." or "I swear, its nothing bad...."

    Whiskey Tango Delicious
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing? For you / your boss / or the company?

    JL
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is only true if the boss's idea of a good thing lines up with yours.

    wowbagger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what does the boss do when they've got bad news to deliver?

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    mikedtw
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't do it, please don't do it! :-)

    BetterBitterButter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well sometimes it's mental as well as physical health :(

    Rosecrucian Roeth
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is sooooooooooooooo..............................................

    Sean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the mental health system is f****d. even here in germany with free healthcare. i was literally in a psychiatry for a few day after TRYING TO KILL MYSELF and i was basically shooed out, because i didnt have the will to kill myself after basically failing at my attempt, i was and still am traumatised, that i really tried it. so now i have to wait MONTHS to get a f*****g psychiatrist to talk to me because everyone and their mother goes there now.. and its good that more people take their mental health serious, but you dont wait months for a physical injury, do you? there is immediate help. not with mental problems. i have it good in germany, because at least you get some money without having a job, but idk what i would do if i was basically forced to even aim for some career immediatly to survive... if i was in america

    Junebugjump!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In America they could care less. If you 5150, they kick you to a county facility when the residents are way worse off than you are and then they give you $15,000 bill (per 72-hour hold).

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    Seabeast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey now, where else can you live on forever as an aid to navigation?

    Pieter LeGrande
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And most of them died on the way down.

    zena bena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep dumbest thing to do climb mt everest.

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    Linda Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always put that you are currently employed. If you get an interview, Yes, you are employed but No, you don't have my permission to contact my employer. You will Always get a higher salary offer.

    barbiW
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They NEVER pay the high end. We all make the low amount

    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, the California law of requiring salary has produced these silly adverts. There is no wsy you got a bugetary discretion of $70000. If you can offer 100000 then you have approval for 100000 so why the lower salary unless to cheat you.

    Kel_how
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woman? -$10,000; PoC? -$10,000; PoC Woman? -$100,000

    RandomEpiBioPerson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is legitimately what I saw recently, almost exactly. I'm working on going to vet school and, just for future planning of paying off loans and still being able to live, I looked up average salary for veterinarians in my area, and looked at multiple listings in my area, one of which actually being 30,000 to 100,000. X/

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's ok to not be ok. Unless that means you need a day off for mental health reasons bc we wont approve that.

    Ponypower
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is literally the argument i am having with my HR right now. in the last 12 months I have 5 mental health related days off. But hey, I won't take one day off now and get better, I'll take off two months with a severe depressive episode, and you will have to pay for a 'replacement' with out all my training so they wont be able to do most of the job anyway.

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F[iretr]uck that shift. Cry on company time. If they're gonna make you cry, you make sure they pay you for it.

    Monday
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hell no. Cry on company time. Make them pay for your tears!

    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's ok as long as you pretend you're ok so as not to burden others with your lack of okness.

    Rider (any pronouns)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Told my boss I've been dealing with anxiety, depression, emotional abusive relationship, breaking up, and currently trying to move out. She had no idea and was sympathetic. I'm like you have never seen my A game because I've been having regular mental breakdowns since I was hired (one breakdown was their fault, union took care of it).

    Michelle Quiej
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially after the pandemic, it's now the "cool" thing to talk about, but workers are TRULY struggling...

    Michelle Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No self diagnosing please. Documentation and I’ll work with you.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised something that fantasy inducing wasn't censored! Totally NSFW!

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    Andy Frobig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1997 I gave notice with nothing lined up. For two weeks, people kept saying, "I hear you put in your 2 weeks! Where are you going?" I still get a shiver remembering how it felt to say "I don't know"

    ShyWahine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about your WILD fantasy!!!

    Mindghost
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this. One of the best decisions in my life :)

    ShyWahine
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good on you - not too many are that brave...

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    Christopher Denney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bosses always make me take down those signs. :(

    Seabeast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw this in wall poster form way back in the 70s.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had this on the bulleting board in my office. And I mentioned it to a company owner several times. No, I'm not coming in on my day off because you couldn't be bothered to read the email I sent you LAST WEEK outlining this customer's problem.

    April Pickett
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a really old, old work saying.

    Ryan Winters
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being good and being lucky are not the same thing

    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one of the oldest Marine Corps quotes. #25

    Alice Teasdale
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had this up and a b***h customer pointed to it and said, "so can you make sure you do my job first up?" Because apparently it meant lack of MY planning etc. still seething 4 years on. AND she tried to sell me arbonne

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    L.V
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    32... I'm a slow learner

    Xottel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a groundhog-day-experience for me...

    Lawrencium
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently this also plays a decent role in gender wage disparity. As pointed out elsewhere, you often have to be the one to bring up raises/etc... We're all kinda socially conditioned to feel awkward doing this, but this affects women disproportionately as men tend to feel more comfortable doing this in a workplace setting. I had a friend who was doing (academic) research on the subject.

    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And even of the woman does bring it up its seen as "bad form". There is still this mentslity that the man is doing the providing and the woman is earning "fun money"

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    kay321
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    31, took me way too long to realise that the more you do, the more you get doing.

    JCM
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    40 - took me way to long.

    Zipitty Doodah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm slowly grasping this concept

    OffKeySinger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Darn it. This is a Today I learned (TIL)

    Frances M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too old … but I’m now in a position to be myself as I don’t care anymore. 🤣

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    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh so here’s the thing… tech companies are hoping a percentage of employees will quit when they announce back to office, so they can downsize without the bad PR of a big round of layoffs. They have no plans to backfill those positions.

    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what does it say that this CEO is hiring while others are firing? The best quit knowing they can find something better, leaving the downsizer with the average.

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s 2023, ffs. You’d think this would just happen automatically by now. Hell, you’d think a hell of a lot MORE things would be/act/perform/be programmed like we’re in the 21st Century, and not 1990, for f**k’s sake.

    Abbysaurus (she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know you can change this in an arcane bit of word settings, right?

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    Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cntrl+ Alt +v is the magic trick. Select unformatted. Double click. You're welcome.

    Rizzo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone who works with computers should know this. That also applies to the clipboard history.

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    Solidhog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually........when I am creating lesson plans about coding it is handy to paste and keep the formatting.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dear Microsoft Word. I ALWAYS want to retain the style I have copied when using the paintbrush tool. I want to apply that style MORE THAN ONCE.

    Swinger Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you double click on Format Painter, it will stay on until you turn it off

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    BWC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with Outlook when I copy/paste something in the body and everything that I try to type after it is BOLD, italic, and red.

    BananaMonkey(she/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does cntrl-shift-V work in Microsoft word? I wouldn't know, but do any pandas here know?

    Matt Ronald Slater
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And "And Google Docs," and you just described me doing my homework (I go back and forth on these softwares depending on what I need).

    Robert McKenzie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This times 1 billion! The option to place as plain text is NEVER there when you really need it.

    Dark Vorona
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dear Bill Gates: Stop f*****g around with vaciines, world hunger, and preaching, and make Microsoft Word (at least) be a workable program so that us secretaries don't have to scream.

    Tim Douglass
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WordPerfect is a better word processor in almost every way. It does, however, do the same thing with copied formats. But you can easily paste unformatted or without fonts & attributes. Plus you can easily see and modify the format codes if you want to.

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    Esme Love and Squalor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suspect this isn’t true. But a fun idea!

    Linda Lee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this IRL, about 8 months ago! 4 person panel interview. The manager asked one of those questions, "Tell me about a time where you felt anxious, concerned..." or blah blah blah. It was a *really* long question that she read aloud. I said, "You first". She got defensive then reworded the question. "Now that sounds like a reasonable question to answer". They emailed me for a second interview! I said that I didn't think it was a good fit and wished them luck with their job search. That was the BEST interview I've ever had! Highly recommended! (I had another job starting the next Monday.)

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    Katy Pilkington
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha I'm waaaaay too much of a people pleaser to turn down a job I get offered like that - I'd find myself accepting and my inner voice screaming "WTAF are you doinggggg?????"

    Jody Whitmarsh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a great hobby. And a public service

    Lisia Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you create the time freedom to do this? Are you self-employed?

    RezFidel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uuuhh... aren´t these just the normal questions when you apply for a job?! I even contacted and interviewed employers of a company before I had an appointment with them.. best to do this in the evening with a glas of wine.. all of them got a little drunk and talked way to much.. lolz.

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you did it only to companies known to be the worst for what they do, or how they treat employees, I think it's cool. If not, you're just wasting the time of the undeserving strangers who have to play your game at the expense of doing their jobs as productively as they want to.

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you so much for the opportunity, but instead I would like to quiet quit. That means I do none of the work for all of the pay and keep the title.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Management’s Favorite Promotion: Way more work and responsibilities, zero pay raise.

    Sue User
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DONT FALL FOR IT. Start looking for new jon and put the title at the work level you are doing on your resume.

    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This exact same thing happened to me recently. Still waiting on that f*****g pay rise....

    MeowZer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We will see how it goes and circle back to it in 6 months"

    Michelle Quiej
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Biggest failure of any company is realizing someone is really good at their job, so instead of a promotion or payraise, they give them more work. So much for valuing your employees

    zena bena
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just realized my last job did that to me🤬

    Olivia Mansfield
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Corporate brainwashing propaganda capitalism c****

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    Hotdogking
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pic on the left should be him as a baby. Makes it more accurate and funnier imo

    General Anaesthesia
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was 20 years old when he was invested as Prince of Wales in 1969.

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    Andy Frobig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow, that's really flattering, but I got tired of waiting so I started a little duchy in Cornwall and it's been doing really well! Hope you find someone

    2late4me
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The clueless expression is perfect.

    Niki A
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like Wallace from Wallace and Grommet in the first one...just with hair.

    Delta Dawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they going to stick his mug on British pounds now? What’s the plan?

    Dawnieangel76
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to admit, very young Charles was not too bad looking. He kinda looks like the actor who played Neville in Harry Potter....Matthew Lewis.

    Shelby Moonheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But can you do this thing to show you have the knowledge for the job?

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    Hotdogking
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ye this seems fake to me. If it was really a LinkedIn post, he'd be talking to his dog that he found almost starving on the road that no one wanted, and this would be after the dog failed at reciting Shakespeare. Get your facts straight smh 🙄. (Really hope I don't need to clarify here that I'm joking)

    Isa's left eye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably good that you clarified, I recently got downvoted pretty hard for not clarifying a joke

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    M Calad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aaaand... the day after he found out that the daughter was the one interviewing him for a job he had applied to,.and guess what? He got the job! I love LinkedIn stories 😆.

    Sweet_Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh yes! I effing hate linked in for this reason. Everything is so damned fake. Wish I didn't "need" it to "advance" my "career".

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    Rosie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then you're told your splashing has to be stopped, your coworkers are intrepreting it as criticism.

    Nicky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am an Oakland teacher and this is so true!!!!!!

    Monday
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Huh I guess you were right boss, I learned so much! Like how this job isn't worth what you pay me".

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    Trophy Husband
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a job once where I learned that I made more than my boss. My salary was only 10% under his, and I was also a manager. But since I still did sales, I got commissions on top. My boss didn't mind, he didn't want to do sales and he recognized that neither of us made what we deserved anyway. Difference was he really loved the job and I hated it there.

    Thomas Jenkins
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not me but my dad. He was working for a railroad company out of Kansas and had the pleasure of picking up the president of said company from the airport. Now my dad made good money but not CEO money. He picks this guy up at the airport and they pull into the railyard and the president asked, "what's that?". It was snow. He didn't know what snow was. His bonus that year was 300k. My dad's was 18k. What the hell??

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boss wanted a report. I explained that the software didn't have the parameters to create that report. I could export the data into Excel & create it that way, but it would take a few hours. He insisted the program could do it. Ya'll, I'm a professional bookkeeper, certified in over a dozen accounting programs and told him NO, it can't. He pitched a fit, insisting the program could do it. I finally got up, shoved my chair towards him and said "SHOW ME". Of COURSE he had no idea how. It took me calling our CPA (a man) to inform Boss that NO the system isn't designed to do that. No apology, nothing. I didn't stay there very long after that.

    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, I can SO relate to this! Still it is how I keep my lucrative job, by being able to do stuff nobody else can be bothered to work out how.

    Shetland Tony
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet the boss is good at calls tho

    Jason Boyd
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But why make a spreadsheet into a PDF - do you just want coloured boxes? If this is the best example 'Me' can come up with, they don't deserve more pay!

    David Kramer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PDFs are simpler to distribute, but also, a lot of spreadsheets will have a bunch of formulas with information you don't want people to know - just the final product. For example, I built a distributable ratesheet that is (raw price + margins), two things we don't want the people we give it to to know

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    Moezzzz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bones are my alarm. Sometimes I wake up half asleep and try to will myself back to sleep before my brain can connect with the rest of my body.

    Sara Wilson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While simultaneously keeping u awake all night

    François Carré
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 45 and I still don't trust this to wake me up, since my inner kid is still there and urges me every night to forget about my problems and play videogames or watch movies until 3 am.

    VNES101
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this aint the truth! At a certain point, before the sun is high in the sky, my brain starts to churn with the anxiety of future stress and failures. Then I get ready for work.

    Mohsie Supposie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... unless your problem is that you just cannot be bothered to wake up any more!

    Monday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that might be my problem. I'll sleep till 11 if I don't set 3 alarms xD

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    Sami-Jo Ross
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My biological clock usually refuses to let me sleep past 5:30...but if I hit the snooze button I'm not getting up until noon.

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    Sweet_Dee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely stealing this. Sometimes I sit on an email reply for a couple days just to remind people I'm not their puppet 😂

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    Mohsie Supposie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where would we be without memes?

    Chrissie Anit
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or: Roses are red - I used to have dreams - work makes me sad - now I have memes.

    Ur worth it
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Memes are awesome, and I'm not even a millennial!

    sbj
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's what gets me through the day, Everyday!

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wrong. working at home is 15% work and 85% getting distracted by your own brain

    Crazy Meerkat Lady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to disagree, this is definitely not the case with everyone. I for one, can finally focus seeing that I am not interrupted every 2 minutes and my productivity has improved because of that.

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    Teresa C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so much more productive at home, plus the extra sleep in the mornings is amazing

    Michelle Carlson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agree with this. I am so much more productive at home.

    Rider (any pronouns)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WFH I was productive and had a clean apartment. WFO I read the internet and procrastinate so they don't add to my workload, oh my apartment is filthy because I'm never there.

    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at home: work 50%, food/coffee 10%, pee/poop 5%, distracted by TV 20%, smoke break 10%, me time 5%.

    Trophy Husband
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sitting in traffic they didn't pay you for, are you really working 10 hours a day now? Also, if you drink coffee, that may have grown since it isn't already made. But the others will merge. I do much more in less time working from home. Some days I work overtime, others I get off early. Overall, I'm still turning in more and I appreciate the company for letting me do it on my own time!

    Sonja
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's doing the job that would take the whole day in the office in two hours because no one interrupted me and then watching Dexter on Amazon while pretending to work so my husband doesn't expect me to do chores....

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't agree with this one... I swap out "sitting in traffic" with wasting time on boredpanda... otherwise it's the same.

    Cloudy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The At home circle is missing some cat in it

    Dorothy Stovall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at home for a year. My experience was that I was totally unproductive, what with chores, taking the dog out, getting lunch/dinner ready, putting clothes in the dryer, and a million other distractions. I drive 55 miles to and from work five days a week and would likely not consider a job that wanted me to work remotely. I understand this is not a popular opinion, but there are those of us who are MUCH more productive in the office than at home.

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    Adam Vonder Ahe-Cossey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this employee did any less, they would need to be planted and watered twice a day

    Ty Stratton-Quirk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every single one of these accurately describes certain people in the House of Representatives and Congress...except for the word 'young'.

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be fair. Some of the young ones have wasted no time in matching or exceeding the deficiencies and derangements of their elders.

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    A Gondring
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember this from USENET in the early 90s. Great that it's still circulating!

    Elizabeth Elliot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was taken from evaluations within the British Army !

    Angee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah and I'm pretty sure it's from an old Jasper Carrot sketch

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    Seabeast
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is ancient. I'm sure I first saw it about 35 years ago.

    Zane Lumagrowl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it bad that i mentally listed off people from my old job that fit each bullet point...?

    Brian Hawley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “You will be very fortunate if you can persuade this person to work at your company”

    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another stolen from USMC Officer evaluations

    2late4me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've worked for all these people.

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    I think I’m hilarious
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are they all getting paid so much damn (I was joking)

    Ace
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most companies have an actual value calculation that can work out an equivalent cost per hour including all fixed costs, facilities, benefits etc. This would normally be in the order of two or three times the actual salary of the individual. It is often used to compare the cost of external consultants vs. employing internal staff for the same job.

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    Teresa C
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is obviously fake and just a joke, but my first thought was aww Justin must be so sad to see everyone makes so much more than he does

    L
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually used to do this sometimes. My numbers were based on averages within salary ranges and a total for the meeting, not for each person. When they see how expensive it is, it can help deter some managers who constantly call pointless meetings to make themselves feel important.

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    Amy Burke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most meetings are a waste of time

    Robert McKenzie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No WONDER we don't have Google Calendar! We use MS rubbish which doesn't work, and certainly doesn't give away annoying details like that!

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do I get to set my own meeting rate?

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    L.V
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I believe now: people who are useless get promoted because they can't do the job. People who are good at their job get held down, because someone has to actually work to produce value.

    Ace
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called the Peter Principle.

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    zena bena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is all about the smoozing and the laziest workers get promoted cause they are excellant smoozers as thdy do that to avoid work.

    Ken Beattie
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think some of this depends on what "promotion" means. Is it "the same job but with a pay bump" or is it "a new job with different responsibilities"? Because the two are very different beasts. Working hard won't guarantee the new job because ability/education can be more important than effort. Someone may work great on their current job, but if the new one requires skills they don't have then it doesn't make sense to promote them. As for the other type of promotion, I believe it's reasonable to have a ceiling to the pay. Annual increments that keep up (outpace) inflation is fine. But I don't see why I should be paid 100k a year because I'm really good at photocopying. At some point you need to move to a different job if you want more money. Good organisations help by training you and giving you experience in higher roles along the way.

    Junebugjump!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel that promotions are like a popularity contest. Not based in any other reality.

    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago (edited)

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    people get promoted because they work hard, and apply to get promoted... what is this attitude that people promotions are just handed out? your boss won't just come to you and be like "hey i notice you work hard, would you like more money?" like no... if you owned a business you wouldn't just willing give money away, but if you best employee asked for more, and you didn't want to lose thats when you consider it.

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only. If you are good at what you are doing and relatively hard to be replaced - your chances on promotion are precisely zero. You might beg a bit of increase in salary but in order to get a real rise or higher position - you need to hop companies every 3-4 years.

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    Zephyr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one works to make friends it money we want MONEY!!!!

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not want, NEED! Because you can’t pay rent with friends. Landlords want money.

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    WaffleLord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard that potatoes are now 5 friends we made along the way per pound!

    Helen Taylor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, but should not be true. People still need to eat, live, enjoy themselves once in a while, and raise children if they have them.

    Kel_how
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless those friends are paying my bills, no thank you. Tbh, I love my work friends, but I also love eating, AC, and having a place to sleep.

    Brainmas
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't pay my bills with friends, selling people is illegal.

    Brenda Greene
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only actual person I'm "friends with in my whole company, I work for a county, is my mom who's in a different department.

    Tracy Wallick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friendship doesn't pay the f****n BILLS

    Catman (He/Him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F*** my friends, where's the money?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

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    Lara Verne
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want a rockstar, hire petrified starfish.

    SZ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh I'm stealing this one! It's fun!

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Work hard, play hard” can also mean work 80 hours a week, and spend the rest of the time in the bar drinking yourself to unconsciousness with your coworkers and the owner, who are doing the same. So you end up exhausted, burnt out, and an alcoholic.

    Elio
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like Japan (except you end up a chain smoker too).

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    Seabeast
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always found "work hard, play hard" to mean "We go out to the bar every single Friday night and spend weekends together doing stuff like softball or paintball. What do you mean you want to go home to your partner/family?!"

    Trophy Husband
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My last job had 8 weeks of PTO. This one has no amount. I give them credit because my boss takes plenty of time off and encourages us to do the same. But I'm still left feeling like I'm either losing our because I'm not taking off as much as I could, or I might go too far and take too much and have that hurt my job. So I take more like 4 to 5 weeks most years.

    RedMarbles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has there ever been a job that advertised "Unlimited PTO"?

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rockstar has different meaning. It usually describes someone filling up multiple roles often including management while assigned to "regular" position.

    Brent Echols
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Triathlete ceo, cracked me up. Too true

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Politicians/ceo s/press: "the pandemic is over!" People with asthma, diabetes, cancer etc :"um,..."

    Ken Beattie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From the point of view of government it is over. Serious case rates are at manageable levels so hospitals won't be overwhelmed. If the hospitals were overwhelmed the death rates would have been far, far higher. It's a big part of why countries where the spread went unchecked had higher death rates per 100k people than ones that actively controlled it.

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    Coralinea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they censoring that now?

    Heather Talma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a second I thought BP had censored "covid" and I thought they'd finally gotten it right.

    L
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Word play combining a pandemic and office jargon many of us detest. Well done.

    harry Henderson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have put a pin in it (your arm)

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LinkedIn authors by a huge margin

    Trophy Husband
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's much easier to come up with 6 to 8 sentences than a whole book!

    Satan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So glad they put that red circle there! I would have never read the whole thing without it!

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    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CC my boss to at all get a response from you, head of this particular stuff, because you didn't respond to my last tre mails..! Or as former collegue did, CC the top ceo in swe because the group manager neglected to do the task they had undertaken themselves... 🫣🔥

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Make it a BCc, so your manager won’t think you’re a snitch. Well, at least not immediately think it.

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    kelly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "To prove later that you knew about this" - Truer words have never been spoken.

    Brenda Greene
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I CC most of my stuff to my boss because C.Y.A.

    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I CC people because its information they need to know. if you work in a company long enough you know who needs to be CCd on email.

    zovjraar me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i cc my boss when the bastards won't reply to me and i need to name drop to get an answer.

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    Shetland Tony
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I ask about weekend plans on Tuesday...as every day is Friday when you do what you love!!!💕 (Sarc)

    The Starsong Princess
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tuesday through Thursday, we talk about the weather.

    Thatkamloopsguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always skip the first and the last because I really don't care.

    Khavrinen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a strong argument for taking Monday and Friday off.

    Justin Thyme
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice thing about field work.....

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    Morgan Lemmons
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I'm thinking: F**k you Darrell. Go to hell. What I say: Of course, Darrell! I'd love to help you with XYZ for no extra pay!!!

    Nacho Man Sandy Ravage
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait.....you're supposed to mutter it under your breath??

    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is this nice tool called aText that automatically substitutes anything you give it as a shorthand whith the given text when you type the shorthand. So you can create a snippet that exchanges the shorthand pleasedie with 'I hope I could help you with this information and I wish you a happy week.'

    Key Lime
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Work version of WTF; Well That's Fantastic!

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People in this case are those who have interests in commercial properties. One such person being dinosaur Lord Sugar

    Fake Name
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pro, you can do less work and get away with it.

    MushroomHead22
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Con: being stuck in your house working. you live there, you eat there, you poop there... its your house. you spend most of your time here, now your spending nearly 100% of your time in your house.

    Monday
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an absolute pro for me. I love my house. My cats are here.

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    rullyman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did one at 29 and celebrated my 30th birthday in an izakaya in Japan :) sadly then someone in China coughed and I had to leave the first good job I'd had in years to come back to the UK and work minimum wage :|

    Kat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I propose a gap year every 10 years. 20 year old vs 30 year old vs 40 year old would be so so so different

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you’re a woman, the other alternative is that you mention it first and only get the deer in the headlights look. A couple minutes later, one of the guys, whose IQ is smaller than his shoe size, mentions it—-word for word the exact same way you just did—-and suddenly HE’S a f*****g genius! What a great idea! You’re going to go places, my boy! You know, typical executive boys club type of b******t. Even if you announce that YOU said the exact same thing first, you just get the deer in the headlights look again. (Yeah, had that infuriating s**t happen to me.)

    Alicat Wombat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sat on a board for 9 years. Repetitively had this exact experience but couldn’t really process it for what it was at the time. Only looking back did I understand. I’m still awed at how blatant it was and how naive I was.

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    White Sauce Hot Sauce
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I don't share solutions for common problems at work anymore. I will suddenly be the only one responsible for it without the appropriate raise in compensation.

    Daft Mosquito
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Initiative is punishable by extra responsibilities."

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    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Never propose ideas in meetings.

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    Amy Burke
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mental Health has to come first .. you look after number 1 before anything else

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    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad capitalism isn’t open to any innovations except total s**t like unnecessarily wasting money that could’ve gone into raises or bonuses by hiring “motivational speakers” to conduct corporate pep rallies, or “efficiency experts” to make totally s****y draconian suggestions and f**k up beyond repair the work environment, sky high morale, and totally excellent thing the company already has going on. Metrics are utter s**t, and should be dropped as gauges of performance. People are not machines, FFS.

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    Tuesday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Real. So real. It was especially helpful when the anxiety would kick in, my wifi would mysteriously stop working and I wouldn't rejoin for 10 minutes until I'm sure htey would've moved on... Can't do that anymore!

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, if we all could work from home, all those empty office buildings could be converted to apartment buildings——and I mean apartments that former non-executive office workers can afford to rent, and work from home in.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the meeting lobby before the organiser lets you in

    Terry Tobias
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those minutes produce more anxiety in me than the meeting is worth.

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    Fake Name
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ends at spreadsheet because spreadsheet can answer all of it. I started using spreadsheets at algebra and skipped the rest.

    Cami
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't underestimate the spreadsheets

    K W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how we did it. Even in elementary school (ages 5-11) basic geometry is introduced at age 9 and basic algebra is typically age 11. Then full geometry at 14-15 and and algebra at 15-16. I'm sure it varies by location but that's what happens in my US state.

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    oktopus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are ultrasound Zoom calls a thing yet?

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lunch with the team, that the boss who makes 100 times their salary then hands them the bill for.

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    oktopus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am impressed how it was possible to grow a full beard in less than 3 hours during Covid.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe accelerated facial hair growth is a symptom of Long Covid? (Just trying to be funny, not insulting people who actually have Long Covid.)

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    zovjraar me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    who tf gets to work at 9am? do they leave at 6?

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not necessarily a reason to be confident. Seems the smart ones get passed by or pushed out, and the f*****g idiots get put on the fast track for raises and promotions. I have always wondered who those mental midgets are related to, sleeping with (applies to men as well as women, btw), or has some kind of blackmail-level dirt on, to keep them on that track.

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    Enea
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My office literally has nap and breastfeeding/-pumping rooms, and people use them discreetly and without stigma. But then again, we also have a policy that allows employees to work 40% of their time from home. German government agency.

    Jenelen Jenelen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ukrainian here. For me it's "no rockets and drones exploding on the vicinity of the office". I miss people and free lunches.

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, the company I work for has a "collaboration" day where one day a week everyone has to be in office. At first everyone did come in on that day... now it's about half of the people show up on that day..... every company is so untrusting that their employees are working geez

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    Ur worth it
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vlookup? What does that mean?

    Rahul Pawa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vlookup is an excel formula (vertical lookup), which is very useful for combining data from multiple tables. They're saying don't date coworkers.

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always heard the last one as “Don’t s**t where you eat”.

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    Crazy Meerkat Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    5. I find that "Good day" is always a winner, you don't have to worry if it is morning or afternoon and it sounds professional.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which does not make for the lightning fast reply the suits seem to always want, without realizing it takes time to write a reply that’s worded in a way they’ll actually understand.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. Go to ChatGPT. 2. Prompt: "write an email to a coworker telling them that I am late with a spreasheet and make it sound like it's their fault, in polite office language".

    zovjraar me
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i don't even bother with greetings anymore. i'm straight to the point, and i think people appreciate that. "do you have an update for this please?" is the politest i can get anymore. and no thank-you's until i get an answer!

    AliJanx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    5. Team, 4. Keep the email in case it's needed 3. Hold on reply until they hit you up again 2.Now, but who does that? 1. Use Word and copy-paste

    B.Nelson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, Grammerly can now convert what you type to a different tone...best use of Chat AI ever.

    Joshua Moore
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel called out!!! 🤣😂🤦

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    K W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly I wish this type of response was utilized more in general right now. Not because of the lack of energy part but because it would be nice for everything not to be constant, negative, conflict between people.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking inmate before I read that last sentence.

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    Donkey boi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    E: I'm open to the idea but I'll need time to think it through. What about you [pick on and name another colleague you know wasn't listening]?

    Monday
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F: I'm not sure I'm understanding you correctly, would you mind giving me an example?

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    Frank Ropen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The main part is missing, Halli has a disability and Elon claimed it's a fake one, so he need not to work. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/07/elon-musk-twitter-employee-feud-haraldur-thorleifsson

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    Ali H M Salehuddin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy, it's the block to right of those 3 blue ones.. or to the left of those red ones if you enjoy p1ssing people.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or make it a thing to kick the scheduler in the face. If every business does this then people will be too scared to schedule on Friday, unless they like kicks to the face.

    Lois Reese
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Company immediately puts "masochist" in job requirements.*

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    Rider (any pronouns)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Work ruined Fridays. We have a meeting every Friday that starts before half the staff regular lunch ends so we all have to go to lunch early but can't because the office closes later than regular time.

    Christof Irran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once, during a meeting on Friday I said, just for fun, that "People who schedule meetings for a Friday are probably communists." People chuckled, but never again did any one of them schedule a meeting for Friday.

    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    our plane is broken, and we will be overbooked by 15 tomorrow, we must find a solution tonight or we'll be paying out 150,000$ in compensation..... pretty sure that's self explanatory.

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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The suits never can comprehend that the more time we’re stuck in unnecessary meetings, mandatory “motivational” presentations, and constant, unnecessary, and redundant most of the time, emails and calls we’re told we HAVE to respond to within 10 minutes of receiving them, is time that’s taken away from the “head down” total uninterrupted concentration time we absolutely need to finish our f*****g required work, correctly and completely. The more complicated it is, the more time we need to finish it—-unless you want us to do it fast, which will get you work that’s going to be messy, incomplete, and full of errors. Hmmm, the latter sounds a lot like the s****y quality of work coming out of the vast majority of companies these days.

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    Christof Irran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once put this oldie as my OOO message "I am currently conducting an experiment in time travel and couldn't take my cell phone. I should be back early yesterday afternoon at which time I shall disable this outgoing message. So, if you get this message... that would not be good." My boss's boss in the Chicago office got this OOO message and must have told everybody there about it because I got this flood of emails from people in Chicago I had never heard of.

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when I put my out of office message on I always say "I will not be checking email" just to let everyone know that you can email me but I will not see or respond to it until I get back. I make it very clear to my manager and my coworkers that when I am on PTO I DON'T work. Period. Drawing those clear lines might keep me from promotions at this company but I won't be overworked! And if I really want to advance and the company won't let me I can go elsewhere. More people need to take their PTO time and get away from the work!!!!

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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More believable—-because it’s way more common—-would be for the person who shared the idea first to be a woman.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the source of the toxic fumes, just so I know what I am inhaling

    Fake Name
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I already do this, I smoke and email...

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hmm, carbon monoxide excel, carbon monoxide excel, carbon monoxide excel, .... tough choice!

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    Donkey boi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi, Healthcare worker here! What lockdown?

    Costa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am thankful I am the stage in my career now where if anyone was unlikely enough to ask me one of this type of question I could just stand up and say "I'm sorry this position is not for me" before walking out!

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    Crazy Meerkat Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I became even more passionate about eating and gained 20kg (no joke) and I still haven't lost it

    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During my furlough period I personally developed a sun tan and cleared up my psoriasis by lying in the garden as we had a heat wave for practically the whole time I was off work. I felt so good after the first few days in the sun I passionately lay in the garden doing nothing for 4 and half months.

    Elio
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much cringe. I didn't stay home because I work in an essential business. Many people who were home were busy worrying about making rent/mortgage and affording food. I worked at a chemical company with low staff (the office people worked from home) so I got lucky. Healthcare and retail workers or anyone else interacting with the public had a really terrible time and many died. (Which is why anyone b!tching about less healthcare workers or retail workers is dumb.) On the plus side, this question is a good red flag that the company is out of touch with reality.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd respond with "no, obviously I levelled up on my professional qualifications and became even more of a team player" (puke)

    Asher Tye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What lockdown? Had I gone into lockdown the company I work for claims it would have irrevocably gone bankrupt and been scoured from the face of history. They absolutely hate when I keep bringing that up at employee evaluations.

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    Anyone-for-tea?
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha ha, I’ve seen a few of these posts, well, why not? I have had two career jobs that were very hard to get into but before LinkedIn was popular, I’d probably celebrate too!

    IDK_Something
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it makes you happy and doesn't harm anyone, you should celebrate it if you want!

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    MushroomHead22
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why does a Friday afternoon meeting mean a bad thing. you sit in a room, not doing any work on the last day of the week. you leave the meeting, oh its time to go home i've done nothing for the last 2 hours

    K W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect it very much has to do with agenda and who you're stuck interacting with. I don't mind like informative or monthly team meetings (depending on the team) but actually trying to solve issues at 3pm before a weekend would suck or if I'm trying to finish somethimg before I leave and I have to waste time instead.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One spreadsheet took all week, 70,000+ calculations for one task. Find out another app does same but faster.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you get all this PTO approved by your sociopath manager

    Cat Chat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This....is why companies have rules like only allowing X days PTO to coincide with a holiday, and certain holidays or time periods where no PTO is allowed.

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly true, we have some staff who have filled up their 100GB mailbox and their 100GB archive and are expecting us to provide more space despite telling them that it's a hard limit and they will have to start managing their mailbox as Outlook IS NOT A F*****G STORAGE TOOL

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