In a workspace, the 3 most common negative emotions are frustration, worry, and anger. This is why it’s important to lighten the mood at work with a few jokes here and there.
Moreover, good jokes can build rapport, break the ice at a team meeting, or liven up a coworker’s boring day. A survey by Science of People saw 47% of workers say that jokes are a regular interaction with coworkers.
So if you set yourself as the workplace comedian, then you should have an arsenal of office jokes at your disposal. To help you with that, let’s go over 150+ work-friendly jokes you can try on your colleagues.
I’ll put them under categories so you can pick a joke with a specific purpose. Here are the joke categories to choose from:
- Funny jokes
- One-liner jokes
- Manager jokes
- Virtual team jokes
- Corny jokes
- Pun jokes
- Dad jokes
NOTE: No worries. Rest assured that I’ll only list the work-appropriate jokes so that you won’t hurt, embarrass, or offend anyone.
Funny Jokes
There’s nothing like a good belly laugh. If you’re looking for jokes to lighten the work environment, then here are funny jokes to share with coworkers.
1. Why is teamwork great? You always have someone else to blame.
2. What did the fried rice say to the shrimp? Don’t wok away from me!
3. What does it mean when an office claims to be ‘paperless’? They’re out of toilet paper!
4. Why did you quit your last job? They relocated, but I had no idea where.
5. Why do I get annoyed when people reply too fast to emails? It ruins my to-do list; I just crossed that off! Now I have to put it back.
6. What does the top dentist in the world get? A tiny plaque.
7. What snack does a computer crave at work? Microchips!
8. What vegetable is cool, but not that cool? Rad-ish.
9. What can ruin a Friday? Realizing it’s only Thursday.
10. What’s a scanner’s magic trick? Making documents “vanish”!
11. Why do I drink coffee? To do dumb stuff faster and with gusto.
12. What drags more than a boring movie? Friday afternoons.
13. How should you criticize your boss? Quietly, so he doesn’t hear.
14. How does a stressed-out mouse handle work? By hitting the “escape” key!
15. What’s the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi? The people in Dubai don’t watch “The Flintstones” but the people in ABU DHABI DO!
16. Why can you never trust spiders? Because they post stuff on the web.
17. What did the clock do when it was still hungry? It went back four seconds!
18. What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle? A tire.
19. What sugar does Lady Gaga use for her coffee? Raw, raw, raw, raw, raw!
20. What do you call a broken can opener? A can’t opener.
21. Why are elevator jokes top-tier? They work on all levels!
22. Why does a chicken coop have two doors? Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
One-Liner Jokes
If you don’t want your coworker to have to guess an answer, here are one-liners or short office jokes that are so good they will be a hit.
23. My boss told me it’s my responsibility as a security guard to watch the office… I’m on season 6, but I’m not sure how it relates to security.
24. I have a fear of elevators… I’ve been taking steps to avoid them.
25. Today at work, our computers crashed, so we had to do everything manually… It took me ten minutes to shuffle the cards for Solitaire.
26. An employee enters his boss’s office and says, “I’m being pursued by three companies at the moment. If you want me to stay, I’ll need a 5% raise.” The boss agrees, and the employee prepares to leave. Just before exiting, the boss asks, “Which three companies are after you?” The employee responds, “The electric company, the water company, and the gas company.”
27. Bread is a lot like the sun… It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist.
28. Sometimes I like to kneel on the floor, pull my head to my chest, and lean forward… Because that’s how I roll.
29. Just burned 2,000 calories… That’s the last time I leave the brownies in the oven while I nap.
30. Eggs and bacon walk into a restaurant… The host says, “We don’t serve breakfast here.”
31. I get plenty of exercise at work… Jumping to conclusions, pushing my luck, and dodging deadlines.
32. Just found out the company that produces yardsticks won’t be making them any longer.
33. Two fish were in a Tank… One said, “How do you drive this thing?”
34. To whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find you… You have my word!
35. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went… Then it dawned on me.
36. The most challenging part of the week is the first five days following the weekend.
37. I visited the doctor with a mole that looked suspicious… He remarked that all moles look like that and said I should have left it in the garden.
38. A skeleton walks into a bar and orders a beer and a mop.
39. RIP boiling water… You will be mist.
40. One day… I’m gonna make the onions cry!
41. Recently, coworkers have been writing names on the food in the office fridge… I’m currently eating a sandwich named Kevin.
42. They call it gross pay because it’s disgusting to see how much money you could have earned before taxes.
43. Sometimes I wonder if all of this is happening because I didn’t forward that message to 10 people.
44. A bossy man walked into a bar… Then ordered everyone a round.
45. If Bill Gates had a penny for every time I had to reboot my computer… Oh wait, he actually does.
46. My boss told me to have a good day… So I went home!
47. A man walks into a bar. The barkeeper walks over to the man. Someone walks out of the restroom. People are just walking around.
48. Always give 100% at work. 12% Monday, 23% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, 20% Thursday and 5% Friday.
49. Life has its ups and downs… I call them squats.
50. I finally did it! I was brave enough to kill a bug at home… Only to realize it was a piece of lint.
51. I love deadlines… I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Manager Jokes
What if you want to crack a joke at the beginning of a team meeting with a manager present? Or maybe you just want to give them a good chuckle since they’re probably stressed with their jobs, too. If so, here are safe for work jokes with a manager (just make sure they have a good sense of humor with some of these jokes).
52. A manager asked, “Can you work late tonight?” I answered, “Sure, as long as my future self doesn’t mind.”
53. Why did the manager bring a ladder to work? He wanted to reach the high expectations!
54. Me: “Hi boss, it’s raining heavily today so I won’t be coming.” Boss: “But you stated in your job application that swimming was your hobby.”
55. How does a manager keep their cool? By staying in the “management” zone!
56. My manager caught me leaving for work early, and he asked me why. I answered “I’m attending the ‘Leaving Work Early’ seminar. Want to come?”
57. How does a manager style their hair? They part it down the middle because they can’t choose a side.
58. An employee asks his boss, “Can I have two weeks off for Christmas?” The boss answered, “It’s May…” To which the employee replied, “Oh, sorry. May I have two weeks off for Christmas?”
59. Work is a good time filler between waking up and happy hour.
60. My manager asked me how the project was going. I told him it was a piece of cake… I just don’t know the recipe.
61. Why did the manager become an artist? Because they’re experts at “drawing” out plans and strategies!
62. What did the manager tell the coffee machine? I’ll be back latte.
63. When do you know you’re desperate for an answer? When you check the second page on Google.
64. What’s a manager who can play the piano called? A Key Player!
65. I saw someone in the backroom crying for five or six minutes. Then his phone alarmed and he instantly stopped his tears and went back to work. That’s what I call time management!
66. Why was the manager always calm? Because they had great “control” of the situation.
67. My boss is threatening to fire the employee with the worst posture. I have a hunch it will be me.
68. No man goes before his time… unless the boss leaves early.
69. How do you make a manager laugh in a meeting? Tell them you completed all your work ahead of time.
70. How do you make a manager change their mind? Just wait for five minutes.
71. What do you call a manager with a good sense of humor? The office clown-sultant.
Virtual Team Jokes
If you work remotely, there are specific work jokes that only your virtual team will understand. So to boost remote team rapport, you can either send this in the group chat or before you start a Zoom meeting.
72. I told a joke over a Zoom meeting… It wasn’t even remotely funny.
73. My favorite conference call game is “Guess the Background Noise.”
74. Getting dressed for work is so stressful… Should I put on yoga pants or sweatpants?
75. The company culture dress code is “business casual from the waist up.”
76. Am I working at my regular capacity? No. But am I prioritizing and taking care of the important tasks? No. But am I at least taking care of myself and my mental health? Also, no.
77. Work-from-home tip: Silence your microphone during conference calls before shouting at your neighbor’s noisy dog.
78. I’m ou