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Breaking News: Minimal Skill, Maximum Promotion

Breaking News: Minimal Skill, Maximum Promotion
Oh, the brutal truth of project management captured in one glorious image! The joke cuts deep because in many organizations, the primary qualification for becoming a PM seems to be the ability to ask "How's the project going?" without actually understanding the technical complexities involved. Just like a parrot mimicking phrases without comprehension, some PMs simply relay information between stakeholders without adding substantive value. The graduation cap is the chef's kiss—suggesting that this minimal skill somehow qualifies as advanced education in management. Every developer who's had to explain the same technical blocker to a non-technical PM for the fifth time just felt this in their soul.

The Tech Company Ecosystem: A Field Guide

The Tech Company Ecosystem: A Field Guide
Ah, the natural habitat of the modern tech company, expertly dissected! The corporate ecosystem where CEOs float around like mythical beings while backend engineers blast gangsta rap and devise t-shirts with obscure references that only five people on Earth understand. The hierarchy is perfect - from the "office ninjas" who somehow conjure free snacks from the void to the "dev/SEO shamans" who perform their dark rituals of traffic generation. Meanwhile, customer support maintains their superhuman ability to say "no" without actually saying "no" - a skill more valuable than any coding language. And let's not forget the servers - the only ones actually working 24/7 without complaining about the coffee quality or demanding ping pong tables. Silent heroes indeed. The true magic of tech companies isn't the technology - it's somehow convincing everyone that Nerf gun wars and free snacks compensate for existential dread and imposter syndrome. Brilliant!

Weare Sorry

Weare Sorry
Oh sweet summer intern! That awkward elevator moment when you realize why everyone's being suspiciously nice to you. 😅 The classic bait-and-switch where you go from "Wow, what a welcoming team!" to "Oh wait, I'm just free labor for unit tests nobody wants to write." The senior dev's face says it all - that perfect mix of guilt and relief that the testing burden is about to be offloaded. It's like getting invited to a party only to discover it's actually a moving day and you're the only one without a sudden back injury!