Your Weekly Monday Morning Meeting of 25 Work Memes to Help Employees Kick Off the Workweek With a Laugh (November 9, 2026)

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Celeste Mello • Writer and Editor
Nov 9, 2026 6:00 AM EST

What happens to workplace relationships when there's no actual workplace?

Is working from home making us less connected to the people we work with? Are we missing out on something by never meeting our coworkers face-to-face? I've been thinking about this because I work from home with an international team, and some of my coworkers know me only through messages and video calls. They know what I look like from the shoulders up. They probably recognize my name popping up in the group chat. But if we ever crossed paths in an airport, would we recognize each other without our names underneath our faces? I hope so! 

It's such a strange way of building relationships, isn't it? You can spend hours discussing deadlines, exchanging jokes, solving problems, and celebrating someone's good news without ever being in the same room. There's no water cooler, no running into someone on your way to lunch, and no chance of discovering that you both have very strong opinions about the office microwave. Instead, you have Slack messages, emojis and online team meetings. I'm convinced that those connections can be just as meaningful if we want them to be. Sharing a laugh and commenting on something funny can turn your workday around when you've had a rough morning. That funny text your coworker sent you after the meeting can make your workday feel lighter. People who live in a different time zone become a familiar part of your everyday life. 

But I do wonder if something gets lost when we never meet face-to-face…

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  • According to Gallup's 2024 State of the Global Workplace report, 25% of fully remote employees reported experiencing loneliness, compared with 16% of those working on-site. That's quite a difference! I'm not saying everyone working from home feels lonely, but it does raise an interesting question about the human connection we might be missing. Another study published in 2024 looked at 1,641 hybrid workers and found that informal communication and support from coworkers were associated with lower levels of workplace loneliness. So maybe those seemingly pointless conversations about weekend plans and what everyone had for lunch aren't so pointless after all!

    When you work in an office, friendships can develop naturally while you're waiting for coffee, sharing a lunch break, or sharing the commute home. When your coworkers live all around the world, you have to find other ways to get to know them. That's the challenge for remote workers.

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    When Halloween is over, but your job is still a nightmare: @corporatebish
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    *Turns on computer on Monday morning @corperatebish
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    Me hyping myself up before another day of work @WallStreetOasis the horrors persist, but so do I
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    When everything is falling apart at work but you don't get paid enough to care
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    When you've already explained something to someone at work 3 times and they still don't understand @officialworkmemes mf... look
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    50 me making friends at work 55 45 22 32 35
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    @literallymecat I'm either at work, going to work, coming from work, getting ready for work, getting some sleep from work, or thinking about not wanting to go to work
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    "What level of adulting have you reached? Can't be sad today. I have a lot of work. @WallStreetOasis
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    CO A How stop to look at my coworker when they drop some crazy lore at work
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    When I just clocked into work and people start asking me questions instead of letting me defrost for an hour:
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    this is who you're asking to work 40 hours a week btw 44
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    Sometimes I'm late for work because I stay like this for too long: corporatebish
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    this is what i think will happen to me if i make a mistake at work
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    i got 99 probleme and i caused Fxxk "Are you free after work?⁹⁹ "I'm free during work"
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  • Of course, we don't need to become best friends with everyone we work with. There's a difference between being friendly and sharing every detail of your personal life. And sometimes, you just want to finish work, close your laptop, and enjoy your evening without another video call.

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    Me at work looking unapproachable until I see my work bestie 9
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    When you realize you actually live at work and visit your house
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    "This job is driving me crazy" Me at work: Oko
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    having a job is cool but EVERYDAY???
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    Customer: "Well at least it's Friday!" Me, who works Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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    me at work trying to be grateful i have a job
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  • So, virtual relationships with remote coworkers are different from the ones we build in person, but that shouldn't make it any less genuine. If we're working in an office or from our couches, I think having someone to share a laugh with makes the workweek a little more enjoyable. Speaking of which, our weekly Monday morning meeting is officially in session! At least we can laugh at work memes together as we kick off another week. 

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    Logging onto the dark web tomorrow (Teams, Outlook, and Excel).
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    it's me and my 4 hours of sleep against the world
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    when your boss asks you to take on another task but you're already doing 3 jobs for the price of 1
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    Monday Mood:
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