Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. Oh, if only it were that easy! In reality, millions of people take whatever jobs they can get—just to put food on the table. And even those who adore what they do sometimes have days they wish they could hit snooze and go right back to sleep. Or skip that “quick” Zoom call that somehow always spirals into a two-hour existential crisis.
Whether you’re currently procrastinating a task you’ve been avoiding for weeks, taking a “mental health break” between meetings, or just need to escape the absurdity that is your 9-to-5 life, you’ve come to the right place…
Bored Panda has pulled the best memes from a Facebook page called Work Meme of the Day. It has more than 544,000 members comforting each other with painfully relatable memes about the highs and lows of being gainfully employed. It’s like a support group. But without the talking. So get ready to laugh, cry, or maybe even reconsider your entire career path as you scroll through the list. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
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#1
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#2
goose_10:
Hi neighbor. I love this delivery guy too. Looking good!
Sss_mithy:
If you get enough, you should make him a little calender of himself for the holidays.
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#3
Dawn Reid:
My dog turns his head away when I give him a kiss before I leave for work he won’t even look at me.
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#4
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#5
dinasaursinlove:
Spoiler alert: Joe was the accident.
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#6
Dean J. Vlahos:
Took 3 to replace me and they were still calling me 18 months LATER, to ask ME questions about THEIR systems.
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#7
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#8
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#9
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#10
Kalani Allen:
Got it backwards.
Employee does minimal or unskilled work.
Company pays accordingly.
Want more pay? Add value. When you make your organization more money from your labor they will increase pay.
Vegard Witsø:
The logic breaks down when the skilled and diligent employee does take on extra responsibility: If he’s lucky, his title might inflate a bit, but his wage typically doesn’t just by itself. He has to demand it. Not so easy to do, if you are the diligent type. And you see it everythere around you: There’s plenty of people working 60 hours weeks, who aren’t rich. And amongst rich people, many enough aren’t working hard at all. There’s no connection between working hard and getting paid.
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#12
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#13
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#14
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#15
David Estes:
Then you get someone that can’t speak English.
Ray Searcy:
Then they want you to answer a survey.
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#16
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#17
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#18
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#19
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#20
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#21
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#22
Matt Poole:
Yall are getting .50?
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#23
Michael Cass Baron Moss:
Trying to match my pay scale 🤣
Julie Harris:
That’s a get ya fired comment right there! 😅
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#24
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#25
the_hustlin_honey:
To everyone who thought I looked mean but was really just angry about having to be in the office and forced to “people”, I’m sorry…..kind of…..😂😂
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#26
Anon:
Micromanagers have too much time on their hands.
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#27
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#28
Tim Hull:
The cash register does the math but they still can’t count the change correctly.
Leslie Thorpe:
I don’t shop where they don’t take cash. It is much easier to save when I see every dollar leave my hand.
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#29
Nick FaceonFire Newman:
This is how I found myself working at Taco Bell, but being paid so little that the only way I could afford to eat Taco Bell was to take something home after my shifts.
Michael Arellano Macaraig:
It helps if your employees can become your customers. Ford paid his workers enough so that they could buy his cars given time.
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#30
Wesley McClure:
Not about what you know, it’s about who you know.
Paula Barrick Kohrt:
I wish there had been one class where this was mentioned. Brown nosing 101.
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#32
Christine Wheeler:
That’s me 100%.
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#33
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#34
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#36
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#37
Anon:
Places that pay bad have the worst rules posted around, I saw one at a supermarket that threatened to take phones off their employees if they were found using them in the restroom.
Grace Willoughby:
Way to go, Dominos… You give zero f:;$& about your employees, but make certain your branding is intact. I don’t even eat Domino’s, but I will NEVER eat it moving forward.
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#38
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#39
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#40
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#41
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#42
Caretta Brockington:
3 WHOLE DAYS!!?? Whats your secret??
Stacy Lang:
Yep! Work 6 days a week and even have a side job and still can’t make it 😭
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#43
Sean Gatewood:
All my coworkers are narcs so…
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