The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Mar 29, 2022 12:00 PM EDT

Maybe it's about time we stopped asking kids, "what do you want to be when you grow up?". While many of them will answer things like astronaut, singer, or gratingly annoying YouTube personality, the reality is that many will end up in some kind of uninspiring 9 to 5 like the rest of us.

Aside from a lucky few, most of us don't do the things that we thought we'd end up doing for work when we were kids. Even if we do wind up in our dream jobs, they often don't turn out to be everything that they were cracked up to be.

This might not be an enjoyable realization, but at least we can comfort ourselves through the power of humor. Memes share in our pain about the daily grind, and they lighten the load a little, too. At least the next generation of workers will have that to look forward to.

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via Fearless_Girl112

Hey, at least we turned up.
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via MentionCalm4573

They made their bed, and now they've got to lie in it.
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via Simple_143

The ceiling's the limit.
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via chiefmtgofficer

Beginning to think the issue isn't the form of communication, but the fact that it's happening at all.
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via Simple_143

I am SO productive, all the time.
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via Hot-Significance-511

Yes…shift that blame.
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via More-Psychology-9248

Almost there.
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via hypergcx

That's one way to game the job market.
09

via KnightOfCydonia

It really does feel like that.
10

via MaddyTheMadCow

Good for them, I guess?
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via Bolt93

Dream job.
12

via TaylorP

It's a solid proposal.
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via DaMusicGamer

Nobody's gonna know.
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via DaMusicGamer

It's a fine art.
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via chip2557

Just stop talking now.
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via Trollmahn

God bless these martyred souls.
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via employeeup

Work is pain.
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via employeeup

Don't make me say it again.
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via memes4yourma

It's a living.
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via memes.offtheclock

Please.