the.com/workplace humor
the load-bearing joke that keeps the org chart from collapsing on itself.
means shared jokes at work that release tension, signal belonging, and quietly say the hierarchy isn't as serious as it thinks.
from factory floors and office pools have always had the wisecracker who made shifts survivable; hr just eventually gave it a policy section.
psych termaffiliative humor, the bonding kind, not the mean kind
study findingteams that joke together rate leaders as more trustworthy
risk zoneone bad joke can undo ten good meetings
peak formatthe reply-all joke that somehow lands for everyone