Since the pandemic, remote work has gone from niche to norm. Something that started as a necessary shift has evolved into a full-blown lifestyle, complete with its own language, counterculture and memes. From the thrill of rolling out of bed at 8:59 a.m. to the chaos of accidentally unmuting during a meeting, work-from-home culture is both unhinged and deeply relatable.

Behind every joke about a pantsless meeting or inopportune Target run lies a deeper truth about how the way work has changed. Remote jobs blur the line between personal and professional life, challenging everything from time management skills to home Wi-Fi. However, amidst the glitches, there’s a collective sense of solidarity and plenty of memes to pair with it.

Here are 25 of the funniest, most painfully accurate work from home memes that perfectly capture remote life.

Struggling to Focus

Locking in isn’t easy when the comfort of your bed beckons you. While some days you may be in a flow state, there may be others where you fall short of getting through that to-do list. What matters most is holding yourself accountable while giving yourself grace.

Having Pets

Concentrating can be hard when your cat is doing parkour on your desk and clawing at you for attention. Being a pet parent feels like it should come with its own separate benefits sometimes. This meme perfectly describes the highs and lows of being a pet parent working from home.

Off Camera Freedom

Getting to stay off camera during meetings provides an anonymity you wouldn’t have otherwise. In the office, you can’t roll your eyes or yawn during presentations, but from the comfort of your living room, anything is possible. 

Meetings on Meetings

If you have ever sat in a long meeting and knew it could have been an email, then this work from home meme is for you. It perfectly describes how most people feel working remotely.

Getting Too Comfortable 

When you work from home, it’s easy to forget that you’re still clocked in. The flexibility can sometimes make you forget you were clocked in in the first place. 

Sleeping until the Last Minute

It’s hard to upkeep a morning routine when you don’t have any responsibilities until the clock hits 9 a.m. Sometimes, like this meme suggests, you just want to snooze until the last possible second. 

Naps are Essential

It’s brave of your employer to assume you won’t be surviving the work day without a nap. One of the many perks with working from home is you can catch some Z’s between tasks?

Errands Are Tasks, Too

When you work remote, your entire career is in the comfort of your laptop. This means you can take that laptop to the salon, your favorite lunch spot, and maybe even to the beach.  

Staring at Yourself on Zoom

While everyone might be too shy to admit it, it’s a common truth: you only stare at your own camera during Zoom meetings. It’s nearly impossible not to.

Stressed All the Time

Sometimes, things can get intense in the email chain. It can be overwhelming to have a million tasks thrown at you while all you can do is put on a brave face and warm closing signature. 

Being a Parent isn’t Easy

Parenting children is a feat in itself. Being able to work from home and spend time with them is a blessing, though it comes with its own set of challenges.

You’re Just a Girl

Even if you’re a corporate warrior, you’re still just a girl. Every task will get done, but not without an under-eye mask, silk robe, and matcha latte in hand as well. 

It’s Not Like TV

Every girl who grew up watching HBO’s “Sex in the City” imagined remote work to mirror that of columnist Carrie Bradshaw. However, modern times call for some inflation adjustments. 

Some Days You Have To Be Horizontal

Sometimes, half of the feat is sitting upright. Working from home awards you the privilege of lying completely flat, when and if necessary.

Pantless Lifestyle

It’s a crazy thought to think that some of your most vital work meetings with clients and higher-ups have happened with a dressy shirt and sweatpants. If you even have enough energy to get the pants on at all. 

Pajamas Are Your Uniform

When there’s no incentive to go outside, why would you put on a real outfit? There’s no one to impress during the grand commute from the kitchen to the bathroom. For remote workers, pajamas are life.

Things Get Messy

When your camera can only see so much, it’s easy to only focus on maintaining it as pristine. The rest of the room may very well fall by the wayside.

The Safety of Off-Camera

If you’re mid taking down braids or rocking a constellation of pimple patches, there’s not exactly a burning desire to hop on camera. Life is much safer when you stay off camera and keep things cute off mute.

Technical Difficulties

The good thing about working from an office is having help on hand when programs glitch and passwords need resetting. When you’re remote, your best bet is to stumble through figuring it out.

Parenting is a Side Hustle

It’s hard to keep things running smoothly when your child is hungry and hyper. You tend to only work in increments when parenting comes into play. 

Sometimes the Camera is Sneaky

The only thing worse than being on camera is being on camera accidentally during a meeting. Similar to how an accidental unmuting feels, it can expose everything you would prefer to keep private about your home life.

Emails are Getting Risky

There are only so many polite email replies you can shell out before your patience runs thin. While you can’t always send the most unhinged reply you want, it’s fun to run free imagining it.

Snack and Loungewear Always

If there isn’t a snack next to you at all times, you’re not exactly doing working from home correctly. Loungewear, a sweet treat, and ambient music in the background are remote work musts.

Saying Nothing but the Sign Off

Sometimes, you have nothing to contribute to the meeting. Saying a heartfelt sign off can serve as all the input you really need.

No One Gets It

Your parents can’t even conceptualize working from home. Your office friends find the whole idea to be a scam. Only you and your remote co-workers know the truth. It’s a messy, chaotic and brilliant way to earn a living, and even when it gets rough, you’d never trade it for a morning commute.