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Just like work is necessary and never-ending, so are the memes and the sources of them online. You can say that it’s a certain kind of symbiotic ecosystem where one both empowers and leeches from the other and vice versa.

This time around, the memes are coming from @work_problems_, an Instagram page that is very appropriately dedicated to work memes with a following of nearly 11,000 people.

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Andrew Keir
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or to show you how to get the hard work done by yourself so your boss can claim all the credit

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, the delusion that people didn’t work as much in the “olden days”. They did. Let’s look at farm work. My great grandparents had a dairy farm. The animals needed tending all year around and they grew their own food, which had to be preserved and canned. In the fall, the men would travel out west to work the wheat harvest for cash. In the winter, the animals still needed to be tended, snow shovelled, butchering done, buildings built and any repairs done. My great grandmother had ten children so she was pregnant or nursing for the better part of 25 years. For them, they consider leisure if they were sitting down sewing or mending harness. Believe me, with your 40 hours work week (or 50 hour), you are working less than they ever did.

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The page popped up back in 2018 and has since then posted nearly 900 memes in image and video form.

Like its peers, the main overlying theme is humor and anti-work, but you will see glimpses of pain, wholesomeness and flat-out savage stuff on there too.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think having to share food with your cat is dependent on income. I think it's dependent on having a cat.

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While it’s hard to pinpoint particular reasons as to why folks these days really, really, really hate work, reasoned deductions and speculations have been thrown out there on a number of occasions. Some of them are plain obvious, while other reasons do leave food for thought.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me: I emailed you the report. Half the people I email: You forgot to attach the report.

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Tracy Wallick
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every decade or so, I pick a new theme for my passwords so that I have a relatively limited pool of potential passwords to remember, while still making them more secure than average; previous theme was Star Wars, so I'd have passwords like GENGrievous3#5% or Obi1Kenobi88*! or the like. I have a different theme these days ;)

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Alex Ruddies
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, dress codes in offices make no sense. I mean, if you're not interacting with anyone on the customer end, why should it matter?

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Back in 2017, Gallup concluded that of one billion full-time workers worldwide, only 15% of them were engaged at work. The metric is a bit better in the US with engagement reaching 30%, but in either case, 70% to 85% of them are not really all that committed to the work they do.

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Many folks just want a good job, but a lot of employers fail to deliver one. And millennials are getting one of the shortest straws out there.

Most of them come to work hyped up and ready to work only to have their souls crushed by old management practices and toxic work cultures.

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Jared Robinson
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is the correct answer in my opinion. I'm highly motivated by money, you want someone highly motivated, well then highly pay me and everyone will win.

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ColdSteelRonin
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My response in this kind of situation: Go ahead and fire me, I was looking for a job when I found this one.

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Gallup suggested that it’s time for organizations to start moving away from command and control management to coaches who’d focus on fostering performance.

This would mean getting rid of wasteful practices and, in turn, would satisfy an expectation most millennials have for jobs—opportunities for development.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a self employed business owner. My social security income is more than my business income during COVID. Retirement was a no brainer.

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This is not to say that it’s necessarily personal development, but just progress in general. Progress for everyone and everything.

But the idea that employees don’t quit jobs, they quit bosses isn’t the only underlying problem. And no, it’s not just the jobs themselves—it can also be the employees that are the problem.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're in a game of Buzzword Bingo. You just need to hear "circle back" to complete the set.

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Enlee Jones
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They’ll kick you to curb to save a buck while you’re still very much alive.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Case in point - Hasbro. Right before Christmas, they laid off 1500 employees, at the same time rewarding their three top officers with 22M in bonuses.

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Others suggest that, at least among millennials, some of the most common reasons why they hate their jobs include unrealistically high expectations for what their daily work lives might look like, impatience and frustration that career development doesn’t happen faster, and social media creating a distorted reality leading people into comparison rabbit holes.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope, hold it until halfway through the meeting, go pee, then just check your email real quick because you can always find something that needs to be dealt with immediately, and show up right before the meeting ends. Do this for every meeting and you'll look like a really dedicated employee and you can get out of going to useless meetings.

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ColdSteelRonin
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can you explain to me how you came to this conclusion? = WHAT THE LITERAL F**K WE'RE YOU THINKING?!!!

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That’s not to say that employers aren’t at fault either—they do fail to provide new opportunities and compelling reasons for folks to stick around, but employees and employers ultimately have to work together for progress to happen at all.

And if you’re an employee, you can start with yourself.

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Rahul Pawa
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here I am wondering if she remembered to include 9 months for human gestation in her math. (Also covering up some negative comments).

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm subject to the Official Secrets Act so no, I can't explain the gap

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The cliff notes of that would be losing the I hate my job mentality, lowering your expectations while increasing your standards, weighing your options, being patient, and, above all else, being kind to yourself. Only then can you start looking for opportunities that actually fit you and don't make you compromise too much.

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Jared Robinson
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

literal tornado outside, people still thinking they could order food at the restaurant I worked in at the time.

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So, what are your thoughts on any of this? And if not thoughts, any work memes you’d suggest peeping? Share them in the comment section below!

And if you can’t be bothered, you can continue scrolling the same content on our website, or on Instagram.

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Ima Manimal
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There’s always that one with 1 million questions at the end. That’s when I got in trouble for just hitting exit.

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Cathy
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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey, why is kiddo not wearing a seat belt? (edit: also covering up another comment)

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Me. Just Me.
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too many years in a career where I never took more than two days off in a row for this very reason.

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Realistic Optimist
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me: "Well, all I know is I watch shows on screens and you're on a screen right now. So, you tell me which of us is wrong Mr. Big Shot."

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BrownTabby
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Everyone” as in you won’t go grocery shopping, eat out or travel during that time? Or “everyone” as in only white collar workers?

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James016
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A train is travelling west at 90mph, another train is travelling east at 75mph. What is the average number of bananas on each train?

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Me. Just Me.
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Worked here for too many years and learned the meaning of this motto on day 2.

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Wietse Pot
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one thing worse than waking up on Monday to go to work, is waking up on Monday and not having work to go to.

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Elizabeth Stickney
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blanca you cannot be talking, you probably haven’t touched grass in ten years considering how you spend your free time making fun off a f*****g meme. How about you stop being a pussy.

Upstaged75
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every.Damn.Time. It's like they intentionally wait until the minute I turn on my microphone.

Alyssa Phillips
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blanca...who hurt you? I bet you are an amazing person sometimes. Just not so much today.

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Best part is they probably make more an hour than you do f#$@kinf up your zoom call.... Get outside touch the grass.... Stop being such a p$ssy

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Rahul Pawa
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In some ways this makes sense if you really need to play the extreme highs and lows at the same time. It would be hard to reach both ends of a piano at once.

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UncleJohn3000
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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Zoom photo is of me apparently listening attentively to a Zoom meeting. In live meetings, I sit the same way and try to sit still.

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Erik Naumann
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had to fly to Puerto Rico for a week, and we all spent the entire week in a room together... on a Zoom call. A Zoom call with each other in the same room. This cost taxpayer money. No offense to PR - the food is killer, though I didn't have a chance to see any sights - but I didn't appreciate that one bit.

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Jill Rhodry
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing USD360k - if so that's about 550k Australian - imagine how happy we'd be if a house cost that?!?! - for those that don't know, we're lucky to find one for double that in a major city.

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Andrew Keir
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And "Evian" is the mirror of "naive", so, you're not fully naive until you've bought Evian. Assuming your country has a clean water supply, ofc

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Alfred Jarry
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Leaders" where i work want exactly that... They don't want to hear about anything.😐

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Andrew Keir
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe this is nature's way of teaching you the virtues of silence

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Alex Ruddies
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate that response from the dark depths of my black heart...

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Ima Manimal
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And thinking “what kind of b******t is the boss gonna start with tomorrow”

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Realistic Optimist
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The funny thing is a lot of employers only check to see if you really worked somewhere. Getting/providing more info than that is a liability minefield.

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Geoffrey Scott
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nver underestimate the advantage of overtime. Wife was SAH, raised 2 kids on working 7 days/wk.

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Realistic Optimist
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's been such a long time since I've had an in person interview that I assumed the belly growl was so loud, the mic picked it up.

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Andrew Keir
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or when you have to train your new boss about exactly what you do (double points if they're not qualified to do it themselves)

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Mint Sauce
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If there's one thing in life that's even worse than work it's works' social events.........

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Realistic Optimist
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, when this was happening, it was either through scamming people or getting into crypto really early. Similar to stocks, it's also hard to cash out on crypto and have it retain its value. Not saying I don't get the sentiment, but the crypto millionaire hype has caveats to it.

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tim scheib
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because we demonized unions. Then made it harder to join and collective bargain. The corporation and politicians have half the country thinking it's the unions who are screwing you. The only reason we all don't work 72 hours 6 days a week is because of unions.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cover your mouth when you yawn nasty a*s. Just when I thought I couldn't dislike her more......

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