New Coworker Sees the 29th Workweek

Text on the meme

My new coworker in training watching me clock into my 29th consecutive 50hr work week

What it means

A new coworker watches in stunned disbelief as an exhausted employee continues into his 29th consecutive 50-hour workweek. The anime footage from Neon Genesis Evangelion escalates from medical equipment and a giant machine to an injured worker and the coworker’s horrified reaction. It is used as an absurd reaction to extreme overwork and workplace burnout.

Who

Shinji Ikari — Neon Genesis Evangelion Rei Ayanami — Neon Genesis Evangelion

Objects

anime boy in uniform / мальчик в форме blue-haired injured woman / раненая голубоволосая женщина giant purple mecha / гигантский фиолетовый меха medical IV bag / медицинский пакет для капельницы hospital bed / больничная койка bandages / бинты white medical bodysuit / белый медицинский костюм school uniform shirt / рубашка школьной формы black trousers / чёрные брюки industrial laboratory / промышленная лаборатория medical team / медицинская бригада operating platform / операционная платформа red-and-black barrier / красно-чёрный барьер IV tube / трубка для капельницы wide shocked eyes / широко раскрытые от шока глаза conveyor-like platform / платформа, похожая на конвейер