You’ve got mail – no thanks, unless they include one of these funny email memes. We are taking jabs and sharing laughs about the dreaded work inbox.

Meme of a Chihuahua with wide eyes, captioned 'the face I make when reading emails,' humorously expressing email dread.

Let’s explore the world of hilarious email memes and how they add a dash of humor to our work days.

Email Struggles? These Memes Will Make You Feel Seen

You get an email meme because we all get them, all day long! Whether it’s work or personal it doesn’t matter, it’s coming – be ready for it!

Per My Last Email

There is nothing more passive aggressive or funny (for some of us) than this per my last email meme. If you have ever received that infamous line in an email, you know that if it had a face it would look just like this.

As per my last email – I think I might just do this punch if I ever have to type those words again.

Meme of a boxer delivering punches with captions: 'As Per My Last Email,' humorously illustrating workplace frustration with repeated emails.

This per my last email meme tells you what the real meaning of those words are. It’s office speak, we all know what office speak is – Karen.

A meme displaying text that humorously decodes the corporate phrase 'per my last email' as an exasperated, 'bitch, can you read'.

Place these ASCII pictures or text art in your next email and see which co-worker can decode your secret passive aggressive email message.

Meme showing three stick figures with text 'per my email,' humorously capturing the essence of office email frustrations.

Speaking of passive aggressive email meme, gotta love when someone replies asking for information that was in the original email. This is what triggers the per my last email. Just read the complete email! Hide Easter eggs within the email and these funny email memes to keep peoples’ attention.

A humorous email meme showing a cartoonish, frustrated face, expressing the exasperation when someone asks for information already included in the original email.

Inbox Zero Memes

For all of my friends who are dead set on getting keeping a tidy email inbox by having no messages left at the end of the day, God bless. These inbox zero memes are for you.

What gives people the feeling of power? Getting inbox to zero apparently!

If you are looking for inbox help – check out Michael Hyatt’s post about what most people get wrong about inbox zero.

This Could Have Been an Email

How many times are you in a meeting and you think to yourself, REALLY do I need to be wasting my time here? I think anyone who has ever worked a corporate job can relate. Send this this could have been an email meme to your team as a gentle reminder to think before scheduling.

Meme with a bold speech bubble asking, "Before scheduling a meeting, ask yourself... could this just be an email?" Perfect for those who love email humor and know the pain of unnecessary meetings.

In a work meeting and ready to pull your hair out? Been there done that and created this meeting could be an email meme for you to send to other meeting attendees that have a sense or humor.

Meme of a seriouslooking man with glasses captioned, 'FACT. This is a meeting that could have been an email.' Perfect office humor for those who dread unnecessary meetings.

Print out this funny meeting email meme and post in the break room. It would go great with our Lionel Richie printable.

Meme of a vintage businessman gesturing stop, with the humorous text: 'Stop and ask yourself, could this meeting be an email?' capturing the alltoorelatable dilemma of unnecessary meetings.

You gotta love Bernie Sanders memes. Here is he in this bernie meme this could have been an email, reminding you once again to think before you schedule.

Meme showing a man in a winter jacket, captioned: 'I'm here once again to remind you... that your meeting could have been an email.' Perfect for those endless meeting blues.

Nothing is worse than a meeting that could be an email, but we are here to make that time a little more worth while with these funny meeting memes.

Email Attachments

These funny email attachment memes are for all of us who really mean well, writing a thorough – to the point email, checking for errors, hitting send and then forgetting to attach a file.

A humorous email attachment meme showing three images of an airplane journey: first, a plane on the runway with the caption 'My email is well written, to the point and ready to send'; second, the plane taking off with 'The email is sent!'; and third, a stairway loaded with people labeled 'Attached file,' depicting the struggle of a forgotten email attachment.

Why can’t it just be a regular email attachment? It always has to be an important email.

Meme of a frustrated man with his hands on his head, captioned 'Sent Important Email, Forgot Attachment,' humorously capturing the relatable email mishap.

Sends urgent email on Friday afternoon, trying to rush and leave the office. All is good until you forget the email attachment. Make light of the situation, send another message but this time attach the file and this email attachment meme for good humor.

A email attachment meme showing a helicopter labeled as "URGENT EMAIL" carrying a fragile skeleton labeled "FILE ATTACHMENT," humorously depicting the delicate nature of email attachments.

Reply All

While work can be a real drag, see our funny work memes – there are some high points. Like you know, when an important company-wide email is sent out and someone hits reply all and says “thanks.”

These funny reply all memes are for when that glorious moment happens.

That tricky read receipt.

Funny meme of a TV host reading results, saying 'You said you didn't read my email. The read receipt determined that was a lie.'

I Hope This Email Finds You Well

You know the email, and this I hope this email finds you well meme is just way too relatable. How many times have you read that line and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.

What do we do? Like this hope this email finds you well meme states, we cry while typing “Thanks, I’m doing great.” Great meaning awful, but we don’t include that in the email – now do we?

Meme of a woman crying in a car with the caption 'I hope this email finds you well,' followed by 'Thanks, I'm doing great,' humorously capturing the ironic contrast between formal email greetings and real feelings.

Check Your Email

For all of us who don’t inbox zero and have hundreds of thousands of emails, or perhaps you ignore emails because you just can’t – these email memes are for you.

If you close your eyes and just read the email preview, did you even really see that email?

Meme of a wise green character with the caption 'Me, pretending that I didn't see your email,' humorously highlighting email avoidance.

Need an employee to read their email, use this funny cat email meme!

Humorous meme featuring a seriouslooking black cat in a tie with the text "PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL," poking fun at email reminders.

It always freaks certain Type-A friends out when I reveal to them my inner dark secret of how many unread emails I have in my inbox. Because we are friends and I love judgement, I’ll share with you that I currently have 452,495 unread emails.

Meme showing a split image: on the left, an UNO card saying 'Check your inbox or draw 25,' and on the right, a man holding a large hand of UNO cards, looking like he'd rather draw the 25 than face his emails.

Reply to My Email

In my defense, I get a ton of PR emails – so if you are waiting for a reply from me that is why.

Still waiting on an email meme is perfect for sending when you are impatiently waiting for that important message. Chances are if it was sent, it’s sitting there in the spam folder or junk box! You know, where all urgent and important emails go.

Long Email

Have you ever received an email that could have been a book? Next time send a long email meme to whoever the author is.

While I don’t encourage it, it would be pretty funny to see this long email meme sent as a reply to all company wide email.

Ever wonder when email was invented? Email was invented in 1960s, though it didn’t gain popularity until the 90’s for consumer use. Read more about the history of emails on Wikipedia.

More Hilarious Work Email Humor

The hilarious work email memes don’t stop there. How about when someone cc’s you on all the emails, unnecessarily and you feel obligated to reply.

Image of a meme featuring a statue giving a thumbsup and winking, with text saying 'Sent an Email, CC'd You,' adding divine humor to office communication.

Remember when we use to get excited about getting an email?

Humor and things like text and email are a funny thing. Especially when you don’t know if someone is being serious or if they are just bad at humorous emails. Sarcastic people like myself know this all too well.

Meme showing a character suspiciously squinting, with the text: 'when you are not sure if it is serious or if someone is just bad at humorous emails.' Perfectly encapsulates those awkward work email moments when sarcasm is lost in cyberspace.

What would email memes be without acknowledging SPAM!

Meme featuring two animated characters with one gesturing widely saying, "Spam emails. Spam emails everywhere."

We aren’t talking canned ham spam (here are spam memes – if thats what are you looking for.) Rather the most hated spam emails.

Meme of a person smiling while holding a phone, wearing a patterned hat, with text: 'REPLIES TO YOUR EMAIL, UNNECESSARILY CC'S SUPERIORS TO MAKE YOU LOOK BAD.'

If you have ever accidentally clicked on a phishing email or had to deal with an employee doing this – then you totally get this phishing meme.

Meme featuring a sternlooking office guy asking if you could stop clicking on phishing emails, tone dripping with that classic office sarcasm. Top text reads: 'Yeah, if you could stop clicking on phishing emails...,' and bottom text finishes with: 'That would be great.'

Who knew email etiquette would even be a thing? Before anyone says it, I’ll just state it here.

Humorous email meme featuring a medieval character saying 'One does not reply to emails in ALL CAPS,' hilariously warning against loud email replies.

Out of Office Meme

When you are setting your out of office message, make sure to include this Arnold Schwarzenegger Terimator, I’ll Be Back out of the office meme.

Meme of a seriouslooking person in sunglasses with the text 'OUT OF OFFICE BUT I'LL BE BACK,' humorously implying a temporary leave from work.

If someone texts you asking if you saw a work email, please reply with this funny email meme. (Especially if you are on vacation! Or send them one of these vacation memes!)

Meme of a smiling sloth with the text: 'Yes, I saw your email. No, I did not reply,' humorously capturing procrastination and email avoidance.

Please feel free to share our funny email memes. We share memes often and hope that these funny email images bring a smile and laugh to you, your co-workers and team.

Meme of a disinterested Siberian husky with text: 'When someone replies to email asking for information that was in the original email.'

Please share away, we do appreciate a tag on social media if you do share one of our memes about work. Here are more workplace memes that you will love (and your coworkers will love these office memes too!)