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While boomers enjoy their well-deserved (cough, eyeroll, cough) retirement in 200 square meter houses with pools and stuff—after all, they are the ones taking advantage of the current housing market boom—millennials are trying to maintain their office job that’s barely leading anywhere. Definitely not to homeownership, since home values in the US soared by 31.2% in two years, making that already distant dream basically impossible. And when Adidas says impossible is nothing, let me tell you, some things really are.

So let’s get back to that office job that gives you barely enough money for your daily fix of bio avocados (you gotta get those healthy fats!), Sunday hangover food, nice skin moisturizer, and Amazon prime account. If it keeps you awake at night, you are not alone. Corporate Millennial Anxiety is a real thing, and the sooner it's recognized, the sooner we will be able to help our lost souls.

Thankfully, there’s a safe space to talk about hard millennial things, aka work, shifts, overtime, balance, payroll, career (who even invented that word!), job stress-induced weight gain and dark undereye circles. Welcome to the account of the most painfully accurately and brutally funny corporate millennial memes which goes by the same name as the diagnosis of my fellow generation—“Corporate Millennial Anxiety.”

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    Bored Panda reached out to Alane Rebecca, the creator behind the Corporate Millennial Anxiety memes account, to find out more about the project. Alane describes herself as a “quintessential 90's nostalgia-loving millennial who continues to grasp at every last bit of my youth.” She added that she treats her dogs like kids and still quotes Mean Girls daily.

     “I posted my very first meme on the Corporate Millennial Anxiety account on December 14th, 2020. The account was born out of a text conversation with one of my favorite coworkers. We were both adapting to working from home, to cope she and I would send each other funny work-related Tik Toks and memes,” the creator recounted.

    She continued: “One day she jokingly texted, ‘You should start a viral Instagram account’, to which I responded ‘Say less’. I created the account, began posting and it blew up. The account grew at a shocking rate and I had 10K followers within 2 weeks.” 

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if not everyone does it, the votes will remain 100% anonymous so there is no peer pressure. Great idea.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given the amount of scam calls these days, I do this as well. I take the view that if it's important then they can leave a voicemail

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    Alane said that at that point in time a lot of millennials hadn't joined Tik Tok yet, “so I think my reposting of millennial and work-related Tik Toks to a social media platform that millennials were already engaged on created something novel within that demographic,” she explained.

    When selecting the post to share, Alane said she always looks for content that makes her say "It's me". “If it resonates with me, it will most likely resonate with my follower base.”

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one strikes a cord. I dream of leaving it all for a simple job and going back to my island, but I still fell that subconcious pressure for achievements and carreer. Like we are worth as much as our job which is soooo wrong! Damn you capitalism!

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    According to the author of the Corporate Millennial Anxiety Instagram account, even though the world was in the midst of a pandemic, the expectations of corporate employees remained the same. “I think we were all just stuck working from home with a lot of time and not a lot of work-life balance. I think everyone's mental health took a massive toll throughout 2020. I think my light-hearted, but sarcastic humor resonated with many millennials working in corporate America.”

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    But “sharing relatable content about feeling anxious or struggling with the dreaded "imposter syndrome", made people feel less alone throughout the ups and downs of the pandemic,” Alane explained.

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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the evening before the weekend is always the best part, thinking you have two days ahead

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worked for an organisation that did field trips for staff. Got to see a few weird things. Dagenham car manufacturers was one! Was actually really interesting,

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    After having seen so many millennial memes and jokes, Alane believes that “what stands out the most about my generation is that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Many of us have delightfully dark and self-deprecating humor. We aren't afraid to laugh at ourselves when we do something stupid.”

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    Moreover, “I know millennials have a reputation for being too soft, but I strongly disagree with that idea. I think we are a compassionate and resilient generation that is not afraid to ask for help or make a bold decision like leaving a steady job because it's toxic,” she concluded.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, I have 3 terabytes of files like that. No kidding. I am a photography enthusiast and obsessive compulsive collector of images... LOL

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think its more like the one person presenting/talking everything and the rest. Im the rest.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh and be determined but not so determined that you actually know what you want because that might scare your colleagues (m/f)

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't stopped working....the pandemic didn't even break their stride...we just worked on through it...no work from home, nothing.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the above is actually british english for 'you are an idiot and why have you not done this yet?'

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    In my company you are expected to sign up for finance/technical courses in order for you to increase your expertise. You sign up, go through mind-melting demagogic storm of corporate slang, understand 10% of what they "taught" you, then end up with 40% more work and additional tasks on top of what you were already struggling with. Catch is, you get nothig extra because the higher paid positions are already taken and there is a queue behind each one. But hey, my company wants me to show personal development desire?

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Biggest stress was trying to figure out what music to have. Haha also Napster.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quiznos' dead and pressed gerbils, AKA "spongmonkeys"

    June
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even bother anymore to lie to myself like that. I'll dress, I'll maybe brush my hair. Here we go.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked very hard on Monday so I could take it easy for the rest of the week. You should start your weekend rested on Thursday evening.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL - living is like the movie Lifeforce (now very dated)

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get it. Is it some sort of American joke that I am too European to understand?

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I've already taken my bra off then I am at home for the rest of the night.

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    Instead of discussing and thinking and planning your quitting, you could have quitted and found a better job 12 years ago. Now you're too late.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I don't like monday mornings. Or people who like monday morning. Or mondays. Or mornings. Or people. "

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just don't take it outside the walls of the company if they have card swipes for time tracking

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I'll remember it ...... Narrator: She did not in fact, remember

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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More: When you haven't done one single minute of honest work in your entire life and learn that you ran out of Dom Perignon at 11.00 AM.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stressing out from the day before, 10 min of 'can you hear me', 20 min of 'have yoh got vaccines', 10 min of actual call and treating myself for the rest of the day

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for your email. I've read it and filed it under "Insane requests". But keep them coming, I really need the laughs I get out of them.

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