“When you see the overly happy new employee smiling at work. ‘We don’t do that here’”

A popular work meme has the text, “When you see the overly happy new employee actually enjoying their day at work…” Someone is shown stopping the employee and says, “We don’t do that here.”
 
The work meme, with several small variations, has been cited in print since at least 2022.
 
   
Reddit—Retailhell
davevc1—August 21, 2022
I used to be the overly happy new employee, now I’m warning them so bad
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
When you see the overly happy new
employee actually enjoying their day at
work…
“We don’t do that here.”
 
Facebook
Baby Yoda official
November 1, 2022 at 5:45 PM ·
(The followimg text is shown on an image.—ed.)
When you see the overly happy new
employee enjoying their first day at
work…
“We don’t do that here.”
 
Reddit—AmazonFC
soggybolognasandwich—January 24, 2023
Absolutely not here
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
When you see the overly happy
new employee enjoying their
day at work…
“Whoa, whoa whoa…”
“We don’t do that here.”
 
Facebook
Work Memes
July 27, 2023 at 5:59 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
When you see the overly happy
new employee enjoying their
day at work…
“Whoa, whoa whoa,
we don’t do that here.”
 
Facebook
im not right in the head.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM ·
When you see the overly happy new employee smiling at work.
“We don’t do that here.”
 
X/Twitter
CrazyWerries
@ThePsyberFox
When you see the overly happy new employee smiling at work.
“We don’t do that here.”
6:48 AM · Sep 16, 2025