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25 Tearfully Hilarious Work Memes To Tackle Work Boredom | "Hide At Work Because A Good Worker Is Hard To Find"

By Juwairiya Shariq
Published on : 03:48 PST, Jun 20, 2023

25 Tearfully Hilarious Work Memes To Tackle Work Boredom | "Hide At Work Because A Good Worker Is Hard To Find"

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Busy at work but still bored? A heavy dose of work-life memes is all you need to uplift yourself and find some temporary nirvana...before you're interrupted by a customer call, an urgent meeting or slapped by your co-worker's leftover work. In short, there's no permanent nirvana until we stop paying bills.

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And to pay those bills, we got to work. It's delusional to chase ultimate nirvana, hence we resort to work-life memes. They are available at just one swipe, have no added cost, are highly relatable and guarantee fits of laughter. But did you ever question why we are often bored at work? A new term has been coined called 'bore out' which is related to 'burnout' and is 'arguably just as pernicious.' Experts suggest being chronically bored at work can have damaging consequences.

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"Boreout is chronic boredom. That sums it up," says Lotta Harju, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at EM Lyon Business School. She worked on a study of more than 11,000 workers at 87 Finnish organizations. The results of chronic boredom? Early retirement intentions, poor self-rated health, and stress symptoms," per BBC. So to manage bouts of boredom at the workplace, you can scroll through these 25 tearfully hilarious work memes.