2009 / Video / SNL Digital Short workplace-rap parody
Like a Boss
The new employee was working like a boss, which was bad news for everyone nearby.
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What was this?
A job-interview answer becomes a deadpan sequence of absurd professional behavior, each line more catastrophic than the last.
Why it spread
The title phrase and escalating format outlived the sketch through workplace quoting, clips, and references to swaggering work talk.
What happened
A job-interview answer becomes a deadpan sequence of absurd professional behavior, each line more catastrophic than the last.
Where it came from
Saturday Night Live released Like a Boss as a 2009 Digital Short with Seth Rogen.
Why it mattered
It gave internet culture a compact parody of confidence language by taking a familiar phrase literally and refusing to back down.
How it spread
The title phrase and escalating format outlived the sketch through workplace quoting, clips, and references to swaggering work talk.
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