Worker Cartoons

"It's always 'Sit,' 'Stay,' 'Heel'—never 'Think,' 'Innovate,' 'Be yourself.' "

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC30884
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1653x2077 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
sit, sits, stay, stays, heel, heels, command, commands, dog, dogs, dog trick, dog tricks, dog trainer, dog trainers, dog, dogs, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, innovate, innovates, innovating, innovation, innovations, barking orders, manager, managers, management, think, thinks, thinking, autonomy, respect, self-respect, worker, workers, office drone, office drones, gripe, gripes, griping, complaint, complaints, complain, complains, complaining

A deadline comes to chew up a worker.

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
Search ID:
CC123732
High Res:
4628x3174 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
deadline, deadlines, stress, stresses, stressful, worker, workers, working, job, jobs, career, careers, conveyor belt, conveyor belts, under the gun, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, put off, putting off, gear, gears, cog, cogs, cog in a machine, cogs in a machine, cog in the machine, cogs in the machine, modern life, modern times, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, cubicle, cubicles, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, stress, stressor, stressors, cope, copes, coping

"Only time will tell whether this merger makes sense or not."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC43015
High Res:
1802x2327 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
merger, mergers, corporation, corporations, acquisition, acquisitions, business, big business, slave, slaves, ship, ships, boat, boats, rowing, rows, ancient history, ancient, greek, greece, slavery, thoughtless, stupid, pointless, businesses, combine, fuse, different, contrast, contrasting, contrasts, commerce, worker, workers, executive, executives, time will tell, makes sense

"Not to worry—I'm going to put our best-looking people on the job."

Artist:
Hoey, Trevor
Search ID:
CC131380
High Res:
3021x2438 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
qualified, qualification, qualifications, superficial, superficiality, good-looking, reassure, reassures, reassuring, reassurance, reassurance, assurance, customer service, client, clients, new client, new clients, case worker, case workers, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers, most qualified, worker, workers, working

"Sometimes it's important to stop whatever break you're taking and just do the work."

Artist:
Kaplan, Bruce
Search ID:
CC40819
High Res:
2851x2276 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, break, breaks, writing break, writing breaks, writer, writers, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, take breaks, taking breaks, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, worker, workers, manager, managers, management, tip, tips, worklife, corporate culture, corporate mentality, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, break room, break rooms, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacking off, put off, putting off, work, works

"We were hoping that you could work from work today."

Artist:
Warp, Kim
Search ID:
CC134393
High Res:
3052x2275 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
work, working, worker, workers, job, jobs, career, careers, office, office, office life, workplace, workplaces, business, businesswoman, sick, ill, absent, employee, employer, employees, employer, work remotely, working remotely, telecommute, telecommuting, remote work, work from home, work from work, home office, in-office, in office, call-in, calling-in, call in, calling in, manager, managers, management, modern life

"I know you're a working dog, Angus. I just don't have anything for you right now."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC33203
High Res:
2132x1706 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
working dog, working dogs, dog, dogs, work, works, worker, workers, working, employment, employment agency, employment agencies, job search, job searches, job searching, hiring, hiring officer, hiring officers, job hunt, job hunts, working animal, working animals

Business Sisyphus

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC126305
High Res:
4625x3787 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
sisyphus, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, futile, futility, office drone, office drones, worker, workers, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, white collar worker, white collar workers, impossible, impossible task, impossible tasks

"Today is my birthday, Kaitlin. Have everyone work extra hard."

Artist:
Cullum, Leo
Search ID:
CC124052
High Res:
3321x2746 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
birthday, birthdays, birthday celebration, birthday celebrations, work ethic, work ethics, businessmen, businessman, exec, execs, executive, executives, worker, workers, work-ethic, work-ethics, hard worker, employer, employers, employee, employees, boss, bosses, slave driver, slave drivers, slave-driver, slave-drivers

"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell."

Artist:
Dernavich, Drew
Search ID:
CC119217
High Res:
3000x2329 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
heaven, heavens, wing, wings, angel, angels, design, manufacture, manufacturing, manufactured, manufactures, labour, labor, cheap, cheaper, exploitation, worker, workers, capitalism, capitalist, exploitation, exploiting, race to the bottom, race-to-the-bottom, religion, religious, christianity, christains, eternal life, saint, saints, economic, economics, labor economics, labour economics, economist, economists

"What the hell? We could use an idiot."

Artist:
Barsotti, Charles
Search ID:
CC120653
High Res:
3000x1710 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
idiot, idiots, hiring, hire, hires, hired, new guy, new guys, diversity, workplace diversity, diversity hire, diversity hires, positive discrimination, moron, morons, unqualified, incompetent, incompetence, application, applications, interview, interviews, interviewing, job interview, job interviews, worker, workers, working, colleague, colleagues, co-worker, co-workers

"I'm sorry, sir, but I don't believe you know us well enough to call us the Fed."

Artist:
Steiner, Peter
Search ID:
CC40595
High Res:
1995x2381 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
federal, fed, federacy, federation, federals, feds, federal reserve, federal reserves, federal reserve board, board, bards, bureau, bureaus, bureacracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, familiar, familiarity, reception, receptionist, receptionists, modern, modern world, modern life, word play, play on words, nicknames, nick name, nickname, nick names, dating, date, dates, communication, communicate, communicating, work, working, worker, employ, employed, employment, job, jobs

"According to our time-and-motion studies, you handle your time very well but a lot of your motion is wasted."

Artist:
Harris, Sidney
Search ID:
CC42135
High Res:
2000x1600 pixels (unwatermarked)
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time and motion, time-and-motion, time and motion studies, time-and-motion studies, time-and-motion study, time and motion study, review, reviewing, management, manager, managers, survey, surveys, business, businesses, efficiency, efficient, time management, office, worker, workers, motion, motions, misinterpret, parody, parodying, filing, files, business efficiency, manage, executive, executives, waste, wasted, wastes

"I'm so glad you decided to participate in our Money for Employment program."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC122191
High Res:
3500x2940 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
work, working, works, world of work, worker, employ, employment, employing, recruit, recruiting, recruiter, recruitment, employed, employs, word play, word, play on words, hire, hires, hired, you're hired, money, pay, paid, pay day, payday, business, business, exploit, exploitation, capital, capitalism, capitalist, critical, critic, critique, office, offices

"I suppose one could say that stress is an inescapable part of the human condition."

Artist:
Lorenz, Lee
Search ID:
CC31696
High Res:
2467x1941 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
stress, stresses, stressed out, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, modern life, modern times, worker, workers, working, work life, work-life balance, human condition, human conditions, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, unhappy, unhappiness, inescapable

"Thank heavens! Some work."

Artist:
Levin, Arnie
Search ID:
CC31616
High Res:
2179x1725 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
work, works, working, worker, workers, briefcase, briefcases, workaholic, workaholics, desert island, desert islands, marooned, stranded, stranding, lost, bored, boredom, boring, lonely, loneliness, grateful, gratitude, more work

"Crumple this into a little ball, will you?"

Artist:
Mueller, P. S.
Search ID:
CC134669
High Res:
4620x4186 pixels (unwatermarked)
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paper, papers, crumple, crumpled, office, offices, work, worker, workers, working, working life, world of work, management, manager, managers, supervisors, supervisor, executive, executives, boss, bosses, big boss, delegation, delegate, delegating, delegations, employee, employers, employ, employed, business, hr, h r, human resource, human resources

"Go say something nice about your mother's corporation."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC125185
High Res:
3006x2426 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
parents, parenting, parental, dad, dads, pop, pops, father, fathers, fatherhood, mother, mom, mum, motherhood, moms, corporate, corporation, workaholic, work a holic, work-a-holic, modern, modern life, work, working, worker, workers, gender, gender stereotype, gender stereotypes, role reversal, role reversals, sardonic humour, sardonic, sardonic humor, business, businesses, family, families, home, homes, home life, work life, work/life, work life split

"I brought some work home with me."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC128177
High Res:
4576x4564 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
work from home, coworkers, coworker, meeting, meetings, working from home, marriage, married life, married, husband, husbands, wives, wife, businessman, businessmen, work a holic, work-a-holic, workaholic, workaholics, work addict, work addiction, bring work home, working after hours, uninvited guests, guest, guests, unexpected visitors, visitor, offices, office work, worker, working, team, teamwork

"Don't worry we'll medicate you through the probationary period."

Artist:
Cotham, Frank
Search ID:
CC126259
High Res:
3232x2911 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
human, resources, human resources, hr, h r, h.r, employ, employed, employer, employee, employs, recruit, recruited, recruitment, recruiting, pill, pills, medical, medicine, medicines, pill bottle, pill bottles, tablet, tablets, prescription, prescribe, prescribes, prescribing, corporate, corporation, depressed, depression, depressing, depresses, critic, critical, critique, social critique, big business, capitalism, capitalist, capitalism, sacrifice, sacrifices, workplace, working, work, workplaces, worker, abuse of power, power

"Don't worry Phil, we're just moving you down to four."

Artist:
Patterson, Jason
Search ID:
CC120858
High Res:
2000x1486 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
move, moving, offices, office, annoy, annoyed, forklift, forklifts, fork lift, fork lifts, shock, shocked, shocking, desk, desks, conditions, work, worker, workers, condition, manager, managers, management, administration, surprise, surprising, corporate culture, no warning

"My leaving Wilkins & Jennings was perfectly amicable. They felt that I should be fired, and I agreed."

Artist:
Handelsman, J. B.
Search ID:
CC37711
High Res:
2146x1774 pixels (unwatermarked)
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firing, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, unemployed, unemployed, unemployment, employ, employment, employs, employment, hiring, hired, personnel, staff, amicable, optimistic, optimism, business, businesses, office, offices, spin, spinning, positive, positive spin, spins, job, jobs, fire, recruitment, recruiting, worker, workers, quit, quitting, quits

"Outsourcing? First door on your right."

Artist:
Shaw, Michael
Search ID:
CC121017
High Res:
3000x2440 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
outsource, outsources, outsourcing, unemployment, unemployed, unemployment office, globalist, globalists, globalism, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, layoff, layoffs, laid off, laying off, employee, employees, work, worker, workers, depression, firing, firings, job loss, job losses, economic contraction, shrinking economy, downsize, downsizes, downsizing

"I'm told that you respond very well to intimidation."

Artist:
Vey, P. C.
Search ID:
CC40829
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1873x1445 pixels (unwatermarked)
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intimidate, intimidation, intimidates, intimidating, intimidation, intimidation, intimidates, executive, executives, management, managers, manages, discipline, disciplines, hierarchy, power, powerful, boss, bosses, manager, corporate culture, harsh, brutal, unfair, employee, employees, worker, workers, cutthroat, force, forceful, coercive

"Mr. Harrison already sees you."

Artist:
Wilson, Gahan
Search ID:
CC123902
High Res:
3955x4024 pixels (unwatermarked)
Tags:
nsa, surveillance, offices, working, worker, cctv, cctv camera, cameras, security cam, security camera, security cameras, privacy, personal privacy, privacy policy, private, private life, businessmen, businessman, business men, workplace, workplace surveillance, watched, being watched, paranoia, paranoid, big, brother, meeting, meetings, monitor, monitoring, security, secure, spy, spying, interview, interviews, interviewing, horrible bosses, boss, bosses, orwellian