There are plenty of ways to start a casual conversation with your coworkers.
Among those, telling a well-timed joke has got to be one of the best ways to spark camaraderie on your team and boost employee morale.
Still, choosing jokes for work environments can be tough, especially when the line that differentiates work-appropriate jokes from potentially offensive humor keeps shifting.
To make this task easier for you, we’ve prepared a list of clean, funny jokes you can use to find your joke of the day for work.
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Top 10 work-appropriate jokes to share with your team
“Why do I drink coffee? I like to do stupid things faster and with more energy.”
“Where do I get my corny dad jokes? I store them in my dad-a-base.”
“Why was the broom late for work? It over-swept.”
“If it were up to me, I’d still be an engineer. I guess I burned too many bridges.”
“I told a joke during our video call today. It wasn’t even remotely funny.”
“Every day I say I’ll go for a morning run and then I don’t do it. It’s my longest-running joke of the year.”
“Why are elevator jokes so good? They work on many levels.”
“My previous job experience? Well, I worked at the calendar factory. They fired me for taking a day off.”
“Throwback Thursday reminds me of when I could drink on a Thursday and still make it to work on Friday.”
“Why did the old man fall into a well? Because he couldn’t see that well.”
Joke of the day for work buddies from different departments
Knowing how to pick funny jokes for coworkers is a skill that requires some tact.
After all, some jokes about coworkers may offend certain people.
Still, the ones we’ve compiled should pass muster — as long as your tone is playful enough.
“How many product managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, that sounds like a development task.”
“Why didn’t the marketing couple get married? They weren’t on the same landing page.”
“Why can’t sales reps see live musicals? They keep trying to capture the leads.”
“Why did the marketer dump her boyfriend? Lack of engagement.”
Make HR giggle with these squeaky clean funny jokes for work
Now, if you’re looking for a completely clean joke of the day, you might find it in this category.
After all, who could find these clean office jokes offensive?
“Why do I drink coffee? I like to do stupid things faster and with more energy.”
“Coffee drinkers tend to be huge gossips. They love to spill the beans.”
“How does a coffee snob take their coffee? Seriously. Very seriously.”
“Where do computers go to dance? The disk-o!”
“What is an alien’s favorite place on a computer? The space bar.”
Enjoy instant results with some funny one-liners for work
Some of us don’t have the time to hang around the water cooler retelling long-winded anecdotes to coworkers.
Luckily, these short safe-for-work jokes only take a few seconds to say — though their impact is long-lasting.
“The first five days after the weekend are the hardest.”
“I don’t really like elevators. I take steps to avoid them.”
“Why are elevator jokes so good? They work on many levels.”
“Buses stop at bus stations, trains stop at train stations… Guess what happens at my workstation?”
“We’re customer service agents. Of course we’re good at apologizing for things that aren’t our fault.”
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Channel your inner dad with these funny dad jokes for work
Dad jokes aren’t just for dads anymore.
If your dad jokes about work are good enough to make someone roll their eyes, you might as well start wearing socks with sandals and declare yourself a dad.
Here are some funny dad jokes for work to help you become the dad you want to see in the world.
“Why did the ghost go to rehab? He was addicted to boos.”
“What did the buffalo say when his kid went to college? Bison.”
“Where do I get my corny dad jokes? I store them in my dad-a-base.”
“What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? SUPPLIES!”
“When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent.”
Get the whole office groaning with these corny jokes for work
While we’re on the subject of potentially controversial jokes to tell at work, what are your thoughts on corny workplace humor?
Like dad jokes and puns, cheesy jokes for work can trigger mild annoyance in your coworkers.
But hey, that may be a risk you’re willing to take.
“What kind of bug tells time? A clock roach.”
“Why was the broom late for work? It over-swept.”
“What do biologists wear to work on Casual Friday? Genes.”
“What did the comforter say after falling off the bed? Oh, sheet!”
“What do chiropractors and SEO experts have in common? They both know how to fix backlinks.”
“Why did the marketer get off the trampoline? He was worried about his bounce rate.”
Annoy your coworkers with work puns and silly jokes for work
Like the previous two categories we’ve discussed, work puns and wordplay can be a hit or miss, depending on your audience.
But hey, there may come a day when you decide that you want to use your daily joke for work to annoy your coworkers. Here are some office puns that’ll do the trick.
“What’s a marketers’ favorite drink? Brand-y.”
“What do you call Johnny Cash’s grandson? Johnny Bitcoin.”
“What do blackhat SEOs serve at Thanksgiving? Keyword stuffing.”
“I wanted to be a pet groomer, but I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.”
“I was a dentist for a while, but having to come into work was like pulling teeth.”
“If it were up to me, I’d still be an engineer. I guess I burned too many bridges.”
“Why did the can crusher quit his job? Because it was soda pressing.”
“I wanted to be a computer programmer, but I couldn’t hack it.”
Make time go a bit faster with these jokes for work meetings
Admittedly, there isn’t much that can elevate the mood in some soul-draining work meetings.
Still, picking the right joke for the work meeting you’re in may just help everyone relax enough to get through the agenda a bit faster.
So, let’s see our top contenders.
“What’s a pirate’s favorite type of content? A webinARRR.”
“Meetings shouldn’t last longer than my laptop battery or my bladder.”
“I told a joke during our video call today. It wasn’t even remotely funny.”
“My biggest issue with meetings is that, despite their name, they are rarely about me.”
“The bad news is that I spent so much time looking for a good opening joke that I forgot to prepare for the meeting. The good news is that I’ve got 10 minutes of material that’s going to kill!”
“As we begin this meeting, it’s important that we all understand that we have something in common. None of you know what I’m about to say, and neither do I.”
Get an early start with hilarious morning jokes for work
Much like meetings, most people don’t have anything good to say about mornings.
Hopefully, these morning jokes for work will help both you and your coworkers catch your first wind of the day.
“When do ducks usually wake up? At the quack of dawn!”
“I’d be a morning person if morning started at around 1 p.m.”
“Why do birds sing in the morning? Because they don’t have to go to work.”
“Every day I say I’ll go for a morning run and then I don’t do it. It’s my longest-running joke of the year.”
“I never thought I’d be the type of person who could get up early to exercise. I was correct.”
“I woke up and waited for my mom to prepare breakfast. Then I remembered that I’m the mom.”
“Rolling out of bed is easy. Getting off the floor is another story.”
Rise and grind: Corporate jokes about teamwork and working hard
Trying to jump-start a team project? Telling a working-hard joke might get everyone’s gears turning.
Alternatively, you can try teasing your coworkers with some teamwork jokes and see where that gets you.
If nothing else, you’ll get an A for effort!
“Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.”
“The best thing about teamwork is that there’s always someone else to blame.”
“To err is human, to blame it on someone else shows management potential.”
“You know, before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you do criticize them, you’ll be a mile away, and you’ll have their shoes.”
“I’m great at multitasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate at the same time.”
“Hard work pays off later, laziness pays off now.”
On the hunt? Make your job search more fun with jokes about new jobs
Whether you’re looking to break the ice in a job interview or make your new coworkers laugh, these jokes about new jobs should do the trick.
“My resume is just a list of things I hope you never ask me to do.”
“I have a lot of jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.”
“I went to the bakery and told them I kneaded dough, so they gave me a job!”
“Who did you put as your emergency contact on your employment application form? I just put down ‘a very good doctor’ and called it a day.”
“My previous job experience? Well, I worked at the calendar factory. They fired me for taking a day off.”
“I think my job interview to be a bug sorter went well. I boxed all the right ticks.”
Finish the week with a bang with Thursday and Friday jokes for work
Let’s face it: everyone gets a bit antsy as the end of the work week rolls around.
Hopefully, these fun Friday and Thursday jokes will help you and your coworkers get through it with good cheer.
“Thursday only exists as a reminder that it’s been a really long week… And it’s still not over.”
“Happy Thursday! We’re officially one day away from being two days away from doing exactly what we’re doing right now.”
“Throwback Thursday reminds me of when I could drink on a Thursday and still make it to work on Friday.”
“What’s the worst thing that can happen on a Friday? Realizing that it’s Thursday.”
“You say it’s Thursday. I say it’s Friday Eve.”
Practice your poker face with these dry jokes for work
If you simply don’t have it in you to be silly or quirky, you can work on your deadpan delivery by dropping these dry jokes at work.
“After a lengthy call with a customer who had been having difficulties with a computer program, a support technician turned in his report: ‘The problem resides between the keyboard and the chair.’”
“Why did the old man fall into a well? Because he couldn’t see that well.”
“Don’t you just hate it when people answer their own questions? I do.”
Use Pumble to share your joke of the day with your coworkers
Whether you work in an office building or from the comfort of your own home, you can use employee communication apps like Pumble to share your joke of the day for work with your coworkers.
If using fun sign-off lines in your professional communication doesn’t quite scratch your comedic itch, you can always create a dedicated channel on Pumble for exchanging work-from-home memes and other work-appropriate jokes.
If you get stuck choosing a name for the channel, and you don’t want to just go with “joke-of-the-day,” try an alliterative title like:
- The-humor-hub,
- Jester-junction, or
- The-giggle-gang.
The possibilities are endless!
Remember: there’s a way to balance small talk at work with professional communication even when the original purpose of the platform you’re using is to facilitate the latter.
So, go forth and share the cheer with your team. Get started with Pumble.
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