21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (January 16, 2026)

Now that we're done with the work week, it's time to put the burnout behind us. That is, for the next 48 hours…

How come it always feels like once we're on the brink of actual relaxation, it's time for the Monday madness to begin once again? Now that the holiday season is truly over (R.I.P.), it's time for reality to set in. Maybe we can give it a few more weeks, possibly until January 32nd?

Every workweek feels the same, we know. There aren't enough iced Americanos and 3D-printed Starbucks sandwiches that will give us the energy we need to take on the workweek scaries, especially in the midst of burnout that a fire extinguisher couldn't even fix. The key to getting over the Monday through Friday slump? Work humor to cope, as always.

That's where we come in. You can scour the internet for hours and come up short on memes that actually make you laugh. We've all been there before. Luckily, it's our job to curate the cool ones for you, and hopefully whisk you away somewhere unbearably funny for as long as you allow us to. Scroll below to begin your fateful journey through an array of work memes to cope with the pain of being the best employee ever.

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