You haven’t worn real pants in months. Your commute is twelve steps from your bed to your desk. Your coworkers are a cat who judges you and a houseplant that’s somehow more productive. Remote work promised freedom — it delivered isolation with Wi-Fi. These remote work jokes are for everyone who’s been “on mute” as a lifestyle choice.
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Remote Work Jokes for the Permanently Online
Working from home means I can attend meetings in a blazer on top and pajama bottoms below. It also means I stood up during a video call once and my career flashed before my eyes.
“You’re on mute” is the new “bless you.” We say it automatically, even when nobody’s talking. It’s a reflex now. A trauma response.
My boss asked me to share my screen and I had to close fourteen tabs of online shopping faster than I’ve ever moved in my professional life.
The best thing about working from home is no commute. The worst thing is that your office is also your bedroom, kitchen, gym, and increasingly, your therapist’s couch.
I set my Slack status to “focusing” which is corporate for “I’m watching a show and will respond to your message in three to five business hours.”
My cat walked across my keyboard during a presentation and accidentally typed something more coherent than my quarterly report.
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Miss the full spectrum of office pain? Visit our dark office jokes hub for the complete collection. If you still have to deal with management remotely, our manager jokes apply from any distance. And for the Monday-specific dread, we’ve got Monday office one-liners to start your week wrong.
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