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Zoom Memes About Dreaded Video Meetings

Welcome to the virtual world of Zoom memes, where laughter transcends the digital divide!

A humorous Zoom meme featuring a man pointing with the caption 'I want YOU to turn your camera on,' playfully urging video call participants to join visually.

As the world shifted to remote work and online gatherings, Zoom became an integral part of daily life for many, bringing with it a slew of humorous moments and relatable experiences.

Remote Work Humor About Zoom Meetings

From accidental mute button mishaps to virtual background blunders, these memes capture the essence of remote communication with wit and humor.

Meme image with the text 'When I hear someone's dog bark when on a Zoom meeting' over a scene of an older man eagerly saying, 'I would like to see the baby.' Perfect blend of virtual meeting humor and unexpected canine cameos.

For the rest of us who are stuck on daily zoom calls, we give you these funny zoom memes. Continuing in our series of funny work memes, we are bringing the humor about video calls. A now staple in our work life, these funny zoom memes are definitely relatable.

Meme of dogs with funny expressions representing team members logging into a video meeting, labeled "ME AND MY TEAM LOGGING INTO VIDEO MEETINGS BE LIKE."

If you are sending one a zoom meme to a coworker, then you won’t want to miss out on all of our hilarious coworker memes. Hopefully not wearing pants, just business from the top up and these funny zoom meeting memes will help make these video meetings not as painful.

Zoom meme that jokes about selfdoubt while staring at your own face during a video call, wondering who you fooled into finding you attractive. Text reads: 'Anyone else stare at their own face during a Zoom call and wonder who you tricked anyone into being attracted to you?'

I am obviously a boy mom so this zoom meme made me laugh way too hard. (Boy moms, we see you – check out these son memes.)

A humorous Zoom meme featuring a man making a sheepish expression, with text saying, "When you fart on a Zoom call and then your name lights up."

Okay, maybe the zoom meme is too much for an intro call icebreaker, but it is hilarious none to less!

Office meme showing a dramatic person with large hair peering through tiny binoculars, capturing the intense scrutiny of home office setups on Zoom calls.

The end of every zoom meeting be like….

Meme showing a group of people waving their hands, each with the word 'bye!' on their faces, except one person asking 'am I on mute?', humorously capturing the chaos at the end of a Zoom meeting.

Hilarious Memes About Zoom Video Conferencing Software

2020 turned Zoom into a household name. Now it feels like Zoom calls happen more than regular phone calls. With video calls, at home, with kids or pets or even by yourself – there is plenty of opportunity for awkwardness.

Meme titled 'How to Prepare for a Zoom Meeting' showing a person seemingly ready for a conference call while a cat is ducttaped to the wall, adding a comedic twist to workfromhome challenges.

Here are our favorite funny Zoom memes.

Fired on Zoom

These zoom memes are a bit painful. With the recent better.com mass layoff, these zoom meeting memes are way too relatable. Can we not do a mass layoff on a Zoom call? Let’s be better than that.

Meme featuring a man on a video call, looking serious, with text above reading 'When you think it's a Zoom call with the CEO but actually it's a mass layoff,' reflecting a humorous twist on unexpected job news.

If you need more context, on December 7 the Better.com CEO, Vishal Garg held a mass-firing (or mass layoff depending on who you talk to) on a Zoom call. He invited about 9% of the company, 900 employees to a zoom meeting and shortly into the call the staff was informed that if they were on the call they were let go.

As you can imagine, the media took this to crazy. Of course, with that type of bad publicity, you know the CEO apologized.

No Pants for a Zoom Meeting

Of course when talking about zoom memes we had to include no pants memes because let’s be honest. How many of us are guilty of this? Just don’t stand up! To get dressed or not to get dressed for a Zoom meeting? That is the meme.

Funny Zoom meeting meme showing a man in formal attire during the call and hilariously standing in his underwear right after, capturing everyone's postmeeting reality.

How seagulls see me as I’m sporting the half business attire.

Meme showing a man appearing professional in a Zoom meeting, while the bottom half reveals he is sitting in a bathtub on a rooftop, illustrating the humorous discrepancy between virtual meeting appearances and reality.

The beautiful thing with video calls, it can be business on the top and party on the bottom. No one has to know – just don’t stand up!

Meme of man in an office saying, 'Yeah, if you could put pants on in the Zoom meeting, that would be great,' humorously highlighting remote work etiquette.

This no pants zoom meme in a locker room just cracks me up!

Funny meme showing a man in a suit jacket and tie with boxers and no shoes, highlighting the workfromhome Zoom attire reality.

Work From Home Culture and Zooming

Another day in the office, I mean on the kitchen table while we work from home. These work zoom meeting memes capture the humor that working from home and zoom calls can bring.

Meme featuring a baby alien creature holding a mug, captioned "Me walking to the kitchen for my Zoom meeting with my coffee and blankie," embodying the cozy struggle of remote work mornings.

When you have to get ready for a zoom call that should have just been an email.

Meme of a stressed girl brushing her hair, with text saying 'Getting ready for a Zoom that should just be an email', capturing the struggle of unnecessary video calls.

Sometimes you forget looking at the screen that this is life now and not just a virtual reality show that you are apart of.

Funny Zoom meme showing someone mistaking a work meeting for a boring TV show, with their boss clarifying it's a Zoom meeting.

Funny Zoom Call

Anyone else have a RBF that they can’t get rid of. This hilariously funny zoom meme had me rolling as I could see something like this happening to me.

On a zoom call I received a message from the host: While I appreciate you staying muted, we can see exactly what you are thinking based on your facial expressions. I am going to ask you to please turn off your video as well." I dont know how to not be this person.

Anyone else been asked by the video chat host to please turn off your video camera?

Work Video Call with Kids

Working from home with kids is fun! Not really, and things like this – remember the guy who was on the news and his kids zoom bombed him?

Meme shows a serious man in a suit on a Zoom call with kids causing chaos behind him, captioned 'WHEN YOU ZOOM WITH YOUR BOSS AND THE KIDS WANT FOOD.'

Yes, this is what work video calls with kids are just bound to look like sooner or later!

Co-Workers

What would work be like without your favorite co-workers. It would be great, I know because I work for myself. I do miss co-workers, sometimes. But other times co-workers be like.

Meme showing a woman holding a drink with text: 'Me, 10 minutes into a Zoom with my coworkers,' and 'I'm having a margarita because y'all are stressing me out.'

When you and your work coworkers get ready for a day of Zoom calls. Better get dressed (up top!)

Meme showing four men in business attire from the waist up, but wearing shorts, capturing the humorous reality of Zoom meetings.

No Zoom Fridays

So the first large company to understand that their employees are tired of zooming is CitiGroup. My husband actually worked here for a few years, and even back then they had a great workplace culture.

Funny meme showing a person dressed hilariously in a cap, mustache, and flannel shirt for a Zoom meeting with stuffed animals watching, captioned 'How I dress for all company Zoom meetings.'

Now with the rise of the Zooms – Citi has announced no Zoom Fridays (or Zoom Free Fridays.)

Zoom Fatigue

Instead of the dreaded video call with your team, you can now do internal calls audio – though while there will be no internal zooming, external clients calls are still permitted.

Meme of a woman rolling her eyes with the text 'I KNOW YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY ZOOM MEETING', perfectly capturing the universal dread of yet another virtual meeting.

Zoom fatigue is one of the many emotional impacts that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some workers feel self-conscious about their appearance or see the screen-centered meetings as yet another intrusion into what used to be their private spaces, separate from the office.

Meme showing two images of a person smiling and waving as a Zoom meeting ends, then flipping the bird as soon as it finishes, humorously capturing the relief of virtual meetings being over.

Virtual meetings are also lengthening the work day. Roughly 40% of employees working remotely at least part of the time say their workdays have become longer in the last 12 months, according to a new Gartner study. – Yahoo.com

Meme featuring a man passionately exclaiming about needing more Zoom meeting minutes, humorously suggesting 453 minutes are 'rookie numbers.'

Are you a serial Zoomer?

Meme humorously comparing the polished look for the first Zoom meeting of the day with the disheveled appearance by the tenth meeting.

Anti Zoom

How to say goodbye after a very long video call. Anyone else ready to go all anti-Zoom?

zoom meeting humor

By the time the 14th video call rolls around, the business jacket comes off and the hoodie and shades are where its at.

Meme comparing a woman's appearance on the 1st day of Zoom meetings, looking professional and upbeat, with the 14th day, where she's casually dressed in a hoodie and sunglasses, making a peace sign.

Screen Sharing on Zoom

Okay, this Zoom screen share meme cracks me up. Hopefully there is one big brain on the call who can figure it out. We have big brain memes for moments like this.

Funny Zoom meme featuring an alien with an oversized brain, captioned 'The one person on Zoom that knows how to screen share', humorously highlighting the tech savviness needed to master screen sharing during video calls.

And then after the host has spent 10 minutes trying to figure out Zoom screen sharing and then finally does…. SUCCESS!

Classic meme of an excited kid in front of a laptop with the caption 'SCREEN SHARING SUCCESS!', humorously celebrating a small tech victory like it's the World Cup.

Hilarious Memes About Muting the Mic

Then there is the person who obviously has things to say by the way their lips are flapping, but no sound is coming out. FOR THE LOVE – YOUR MIC IS MUTED!

mute your mic meme

That face you make when you realize that your mic is muted… this mic mute meme is just too real. Love monkeys? Don’t miss these funny monkey memes.

you are on mute meme

These funny mute memes are way too relatable for all of us who have spent way too much time video conferences on zoom calls.

Meme of a distinguished man with the caption, 'I always mute my mic, but when I don't, it's during an important part of the meeting,' highlighting the Zoom meeting challenges we all face.

Or the person who doesn’t say anything at all during the Zoom, until the very end. This hilarious zoom meme is from @middleclassfancy, a must follow for all middle-classers.

Meme of an elderly man smiling awkwardly while holding a mug in front of a laptop, captioned with humor about staying silent in a Zoom meeting then saying "thanks everyone" to seem active.

Doesn’t Know How to Use Zoom

There is always someone who is new to Zoom or just has never been able to understand it. These are the people you want to video chat with. Why?

A humorous meme showing a virtual meeting on Microsoft Teams, with one participant accidentally transformed into a potato avatar. The text above says, 'my boss turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off, so she was just stuck like this the entire meeting'.

There is this video chat where the boss turned himself into a potato and had no idea how to turn the video filter off. So, he proceeded to do the entire meeting as a potato. Don’t miss our boss memes.

Zoom Cat Lawyer

Then there is the infamous zoom cat lawyer meme from the zoom cat lawyer video that is going around where the lawyer turns himself into a cat during a public trial.

Meme from a virtual court meeting featuring a lawyer with a cat filter on, humorously disrupting serious proceedings.

He was using his secretary’s computer and could not figure out how to turn it off.

Meme of a cat using a laptop with the text: 'Lawyer: "I'm not a cat." Also the lawyer:' suggesting a Zoom mishap where the lawyer is hilariously transformed into a cat filter.

Hilarity ensued with this viral video. Things like the Zoom Cat Lawyer are what makes the internet great. It gives life to us all working from home not seeing people for the last year!

Meme with two panels: on the left, a woman angrily points and yells, while her friend looks on; on the right, a grumpy white cat sits at a dining table. Text over the image reads, 'Are you a cat or are you a lawyer???' with the cat responding, 'I'm not a cat.'

Zoom Call Memes

When we are audio call, there is no need to “dress up” our voices. These zoom call memes are so funny comparing your conference call without video compared to what you look like when you use video.

Meme depicting 'Zoom meeting' expectations versus reality: on the left, a polished businessman for 'With video', on the right, a casual bearded man sitting barefoot for 'Audio only'.

Then there is the video chat. All business (except who cares about pants), and put together – somewhat. Audio only definitely has a different look.

Meme featuring two dogs captioned 'Zoom Meetings,' with one dog looking disheveled representing 'With Audio' and another dog wearing sunglasses and a jacket representing 'With Video.'

When We Go Back to the Office

You guys, the struggle is going to be so real when some of us have to actually go INTO an office again. I mean, there is the whole getting dressed, commuting to work, seeing people when maybe you are an introvert and prefer not to see people.

Meme of a man with eyes rolled back, text says: 'When we go back to face to face meetings, I'm going to have to watch my facial expressions...' highlighting the struggle of hiding emotions during inperson meetings.

Oh, and then there is the whole facial expression thing because back to work means face to face meetings, not constant Zooms!

Taking Classes on Zoom

Video classes on Zoom are now common. This last year with so many kids virtual learning (parents and kids are struggling, with remote learning ya’ll) – has brought all kinds of tears, but humor as well.

Meme showing a hand slamming a blue button labeled 'Exit Button' with the text above saying 'Teacher: You may leave the Zoom meeting now,' capturing that lightningfast logoff moment we all love.

When you should be paying attention in class, but instead you are daydreaming – this funny zoom class meme is for you.

Meme showing a person in a meadow twirling joyfully, with text: 'This is me daydreaming when I should be paying attention to my Zoom class.'

Zoom class memes so we laugh rather than cry.

Meme of a young girl with pigtails looking unimpressed, with text: 'That moment when your Zoom lesson creates protocols for Zoom meetings for the entire district!!!'

God bless you teachers. Some of my kids virtual learning teachers teach both in-person and online at the same time. I can’t imagine.

Meme of a dog looking like it's teaching a Zoom class, captioned "Me waiting to give a Zoom lesson… And the kid never shows up!" creating a humorous scenario of virtual confusion.

Zoom Waiting Room

The virtual lobby of a Zoom meeting waiting room. It kind of reminds me of when you are waiting in a doctor’s office for them to call your name.

Funny meme showing a man looking bored in various settings, with text saying 'When you are in the Zoom waiting room.'

Zoom waiting room memes for that weird time when you just want the meeting to start.

Meme featuring a distressed man in a suit yelling at a metal fence, text reads: "Me in the Zoom waiting room, let me in" followed by an exclamatory "let me innnnnnn."

Funny Zoom Backgrounds

Virtual backgrounds are what all the cool kids use when Zooming. Enjoy these funny Zoom background memes.

Meme showing a man who made a Zoom background of himself accidentally walking in on his own Zoom meeting, with people in the call portrayed as a shocked wizard asking, 'What sorcery is this?'

And while the virtual backgrounds are fun and add a new elements to zoom calls – it also is another things that can create humor.

Meme of a person using Zoom with a floating head effect due to a green screen, making them look like a disembodied head on a plate, combining humor and the quirks of online meetings.

Then there is always the person pushing the limits, even in a Zoom staff meeting. Teamwork Memes – whats going to work? Team work!

Meme of a young man sitting awkwardly among people in swimsuits by the sea, with the caption 'Accidentally chooses the inappropriate Zoom background for staff meeting.'

Profile Pic vs Reality

Here is the deal. Our Zoom profile pics, we spent a good deal of time orchestrating to make sure it is exactly how we want people to see us.

Meme showing 'Me in my profile pic vs. me in the Zoom meeting' with a polished image on the left and a disheveled one on the right, capturing the humorous reality of virtual meetings.

Then reality hits and whoever you are on a video call with gets to see you and then the real you.

Meme of a cartoon fox looking smooth and composed labeled "My Profile Photo" next to a disheveled stuffed fox labeled "Me in a Zoom Call," humorously comparing ideal online presence to reality.

Chances are the photo profile of you looks much more put together. than the profile you.

Zoom Meeting Humor

While Microsoft Teams and others are joining in on the popularing of the video chat space, personally I will always call it Zooming and hope to always find some humor in it.

Meme of a sleepy cat lying on a keyboard, with text saying "Me attending a Zoom meeting at 8:30 in the morning," capturing the relatable struggle of early virtual meetings.

The first 10 minutes of the call when I just woke up a minute before the Zoom started.

Meme showing a classic painting face with a blank expression, captioned with 'The first 10 minutes of a Zoom after waking up 1 minute before it started,' humorously capturing the groggy start to virtual meetings.

Brady Bunch on Zoom

Yes, Brady Bunch zoom meme is way too relevant at this stage of the video meeting game.

Meme of a classic TV show grid labeled 'Zoom meetings be like...' humorously comparing online video calls to a retro family TV show. Perfect for those nostalgic Zoom warriors!

Share the Zoom Meeting Memes

Whether you’re navigating the challenges of remote work or simply attending virtual happy hours with friends, these memes remind us to find joy in the everyday moments, no matter where they take place.

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