21 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (April 25, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."

Apr 25, 2025 6:00 AM EDT

Okay y'all, you've finally made it to the promised land—it's Friday!

Let the happy hours be happy and the weekend remind us of this week's end… We've worked hard for this much-needed break. The last thing we want to do is think about work, but sometimes, work memes do just the job to help us decompress after a long five days of perilous paralysis. Why do they make comfortable work chairs so expensive?! I'll stick with my non-lumbar support chair and my Hunchback of Notre Dame posture… My future self will definitely look back on this and weep. Oh well.

The weekend is the only thing that provides (most) of us with solace. For those who are okay with spending 40+ hours a week on work: This isn't for you. My fellow complainers, however… the weekend is like therapy on steroids. Do what you wish with your time away from your grey-walled workplaces of doom… It's the one thing they can't take away from us!

In order to cope, consider these memes. They might incite a violent, tangential anecdote from you, but that's welcome here at Cheezburger. Sound off in the comments about the moment you realized you were suffering from some real employee burnout. But first: memes!