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HR Claims Survey is Anonymous Then Manager Confronts Me Next Day

This relatable workplace meme uses two real cats to joke about the common corporate experience where Human Resources claims employee feedback surveys are 100% anonymous and cannot be traced back to individual employees. The larger orange cat, labeled 'My manager the next day', stares sternly down at the foreground cat labeled 'Me:', implying that the employee who left negative feedback in the 'anonymous' survey was immediately identified and confronted by their manager the day after, exposing HR's claim of anonymity as a lie.
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FROM HR: 'Yes this survey is 100% anonymous. There's no way we can identify individuals'

Overview

This relatable workplace meme uses two real cats to joke about the common corporate experience where Human Resources claims employee feedback surveys are 100% anonymous and cannot be traced back to individual employees. The larger orange cat, labeled 'My manager the next day', stares sternly down at the foreground cat labeled 'Me:', implying that the employee who left negative feedback in the 'anonymous' survey was immediately identified and confronted by their manager the day after, exposing HR's claim of anonymity as a lie.

Origin notes

This meme was shared on Reddit with the original title 'Would u like to risk it?', it uses the popular staring two-cats meme template to joke about widespread distrust of 'anonymous' HR surveys in corporate work environments. It is a viral relatable meme commonly shared among office workers to complain about dishonest HR practices.

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