Utopia But It's Only Scenes Approved By HR | Utopia

[@nic_cage]

"Have I let HR in the building again?"

[@TimesFM4532]

What you gonna do. Double murder

[@Ln-cq8zu]

😂

[@kittytrail]

nothing that a base ball bat can cure with a few well placed whackies... 😽👌

[@boobo]

It is like letting immigrants in the country. Once they are in, you are done.

[@zeanamush]

@@kittytrail They are Australian. It's a Cricket bat.

[@Jason.Brayshaw]

I worked within a HR team for 10 years (looking after recruitment), and I'm telling you it's exactly like this. Enough was enough.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

I respect your lived experience of working with an HR team. But I don’t think you should bandy around your privilege of having been in stable employment for 10 years. Respectfully how do you think that would make someone reading this feel if they were an unemployed recovering drug user.

[@aluisious]

No one has “worked” with an HR team, they go into HR so they don’t have to work.

[@Jason.Brayshaw]

@@hastekulvaati9681 On your way, 9681. Move along.

[@timcox1682]

@hastekulvaati9681 he spoke his truth, giving you an insight into his life, are you from fucking hr? Also..nobody ever created how we feel, that’s satan’s deception in society by cause/affect/effect values thinking they do create our feels. What someone ever says, the other person has to be accountable for their own emotions or trauma if destined to come up, beyond blame & victimhood finger pointing & feeling attacked or threatened. Satan is really making society dummed down, passive & more & more soulless. Get real, that’s heart & soul. Positive vibes only is denial of what’s truly real in an individual. Satan’s inspiration into society of being kind, empathetic & nice is really starting to fuck people up. Being kind & nice is speaking from heart, the vulnerability of whatever it really is fearless. Like I just showed you.

[@shanoinoz]

@@hastekulvaati9681 new Utopia skit right there... gold

[@johanbotha7315]

That line-“can someone see where this is heading” - “a vegan restaurant” is one of the funniest lines in the show. Brilliant writing and acting

[@richardm6704]

Right up there with "want to get drinks after work?" "Appropriate or inappropriate?" "Yes."

[@pearpo]

😂

[@smegmike]

“But nothing got done…” 😂

[@jena.alexia]

@@smegmike That could be the government's motto.

[@kittytrail]

​@@jena.alexia or any corporate entity big enough. 🙄

[@STho205]

That's why this is realistic. This sort of stupid amateur psychobabble is common in offices that are really accomplishing nothing. If 1 hr could complete the tasks...then what do you do with the next 7 to 10 hours? If you admit 1 hr can complete the tasks then 1 person could do 8 people's jobs and that 1 person doesn't want to...and the 7 people don't want to be fired. There are many psych majors in university, with no real purpose in future...many go into sales....if they can't close a sale they get slid into these non productive cruise director jobs.

[@thenightmancometh7]

"It felt like a lecture but we've had it"

[@BrenMurphy1]

It's why slashed tyres mysteriously happen in the carpark outside the cameras.

[@Colstah]

Without wishing to sound exclusionary, this show is iconic. All parts written and performed so well.

[@vyl4650]

mh lets try that again

[@guardianofthegalaxy2051]

Ding! 🛎️ You’re putting unreasonable expectation.

[@bigheadache]

I work in a company with 130 staff. Somehow we have 6 in the hr department and they are just like this!!

[@kittytrail]

@@bigheadache looks like there's a market for outsourcing HR through a non-feminine, non-woke, non-DIE company. and it could make lots of money by having a slick veneer of DIE stuff in their reports for the -dunces- board and -cnuts- shareholders. 😏👌

[@BarryMaskell]

It’s a “HR” thing

[@dabadoo7631]

wow really trying to "Protect" the staff in that business

[@TheZeusflea]

HR is an organizational parasite. It serves no purpose. It doesn't help management; it doesn't help staff. It drains valuable resources from productive elements of the business. Aside from Payroll, HR is as essential as your appendix.

[@l200jjk]

I love the HR running gag- "what's the date today?" - It's genius

[@95SouthFL]

I’m sorry but I don’t get it could you explain lol why does she keep asking for the date?

[@PWizz91]

@@95SouthFLthey are always writing reports of incidents and need to know the date often

[@ce7857]

@@95SouthFL It means they have no idea what they're doing. They lack basic competence.

[@95SouthFL]

@@ce7857 lol

[@TheFunnySide-ch4oz]

Some of the smartest comedy on TV.

[@AussieFaraday2024]

As a current public servant, this show is so close to the truth, it's frightening. This satire is brilliant, but this is literally government across Australia.

[@stultuses]

Not just government, it's in large organisations too

[@NoRegertsHere]

How do we change it?

[@nickharrison8251]

In the same way, Yes Minister was a documentary

[@jena.alexia]

@@AussieFaraday2024 Fellow PS here. I feel your pain. We had a "special guest" talking at one meeting this week who was like a Utopia character. Talked a lot, dropped all the buzzwords, but didn't actually say anything.

[@kittytrail]

​@@jena.alexia looks like an Andersen consultant from the '90s, all buzzwordy, no substance. 😅

[@leeb9988]

We fired most of our HR dept two years ago. Its saved a ton of money and headache.

[@daveh5629]

Suffered through a 30-slide DEI presentation by the HR cretins in 2023 that had over 100 attendees. During Q&A, I asked why ageism was not covered in the myriad of DEI slides. All of HR looked like a dog listening to a high-frequency whistle and the 15-second silence from them was deafening. I peaked that day.

[@ryles1159]

Roast em over their own fire atta boy 😂😂😂

[@paulw5039]

It's like an actual cult that has been invited into every corporation. So utterly bizarre.

[@rachels209]

LEGEND!

[@djanitatiana]

@@paulw5039 It's easier for CEOs and executive team to look like they're developing the company if they waste time and resources on HR. It's not actually measurable and they can distract from other performance metrics with company culture "our business is our people" motherhood statement bullsht.

[@luisvillanueva813]

Is ageism something that is taboo? I've always received racial and harassment training since HR likes to appear progressive. Is ageism different?

[@IdkMan-x6k]

I get more frustrated watching this show then Tony and Nat do dealing with everyones crap

[@wazzlopiok240]

I don’t see any comedy here just real life

[@paulw5039]

@@wazzlopiok240 That's the hardest part about watching this - working in a corporate environment and knowing this is only a slight exaggeration (if that) of how HR actually operates.

[@wazzlopiok240]

@@paulw5039 they’re fucking so full of they’re own self righteous thoughts they don’t realise how shit they make it for everyone else.

[@keiranallcott1515]

As much as I find utopia funny , it’s also very deeply disturbing that how real it can be!

[@danielbear9183]

The HR department, probably best avoided.

[@S1ipperyJim]

Pretty accurate except for the fact that every second sentance from management should include acronyms that most people dont know the meaning of including the people using them

[@taniabluebell3099]

It’s so patronizing to be lectured by lazy people at work, or by managers who enable the lazy people.

[@iamafighter3743]

Every skit hitting my nerves perfectly

[@big566bunny]

Like a dentist drilling a tooth.

[@adrianoconnor5929]

“What went wrong there?” “The acting” “None were wearing lanyards!” 😂😂😂

[@nukkuminen]

As a public sector employee, this is genuinely triggering.

[@helenroach4634]

So true!!! I'm in Aotearoa but just the same. So on the one hand I'm laughing away but on the other hand we have the suck ups, the passive quiet ones and so on. But so very funny and very, very clever!!

[@nukkuminen]

@@helenroach4634 I'm not in Australia either, I'm in the UK, but I guess certain tendencies must be universal across the English-speaking world. To use a British reference, "Utopia" is where "Yes, Minister" meets "W1A". Eerily accurate.

[@pod1475]

Too much woke BS, what happened to hard graft and doing the hard yards to get your experience, we have prayer rooms and have requests for ritual washing facilities in the workplace, I am so pleased to be retiring soon

[@Foxbandicoot9]

“That’s nice how about dale?” Creased 😂

[@pacomarveeny9640]

“HHMMMMMMMmmmm. Now what do we notice went wrong there?” After a poorly acted misconduct example HR video. Genius.

[@StefanoBorini]

I want to work for Tony, especially if the task is to get rid of HR

[@JosieJo2000]

“None taken” - perfectly delivered 😂

[@Harlequin565]

I love these compilations. What makes me laugh is that if you laced them all together you'd have the entire series. There is just no time in any episode when it's not great. Just need a "Hugh being Hugh" one now.

[@janemacintyre9801]

Love the supporting characters, this show (and its predecessors) is gold!

[@captainpoppleton]

Every line in the blue card sequence was gold.

[@johanbotha7315]

Natalie - "uh yes!" 😆

[@kenshi7139]

I think this is one of the only couple of comedies that makes you laugh and rage at the same time

[@terridaly1895]

I love this so much! You've got to make more of these.

[@bradyowe8236]

It’s like a documentary a very very frustrating documentary

[@lindtplease1693]

Nat & Tony are too sane for that office 😅

[@jvvoid]

This stuff sends chills down my spine. The corporate jargon I had to endure and HR crap I had to handle in my years in office based work.. I wonder who in Working Dog put these lines/scenes together because I can't imagine any of them being stuck in a corporate office job. And this is so spot on. Mission Statements, KPI's - faaaaaaaark.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

The only thing worst than HR is Marketing.

[@timfireblade]

They’re in the show too.

[@johnwarr7552]

@@timfireblade Ah, Marketing. The guys who give you a project specification and then argue when you tell them that it is not going to happen like that due to the laws of fucking physics. 🙂

[@andrewhill9369]

I have done both and rank them equal first place! 😂

[@pbfamous07]

aus humour easily best humour. "i like john legend"

[@mdsf01]

This is easily, one of the best shows ever. The writing and acting are phenomenal.

[@tb20million]

I’m constantly baffled at how HR get a seat at the big table, let alone any table, in a corporation. They excel at doing nothing; They are world class at preventing real work from happening. This show is waaaaaay too good.

[@Arcadia1701]

I work in a big company and watching utopia is triggering it’s so accurate. 😂

[@OttoMatieque]

this gives me flashbacks to working at the Federal Reserve. There are actually people and organizations that are virtually the same as this dystopian kindergarten video.

[@lukaduka1001]

HR people are a special breed

[@markplain2555]

Brilliantly written.

[@Sujad]

I remember doing IT support as part of my internship at a tech company and spending a month supporting HR. The degree of vicious backstabbing, cliques and outright malice from the top to the bottom never ceases to give me pause, even today.

[@AlexEs63]

😂 Just discovered this show! Visited Australia 3X❤ 'Houso's,' Macca's, the local Pub, Snakes & Flying Tarantulas kept me busy. People were the best! Thank you, Australia 🇦🇺

[@playfordtree]

Good on ya, thanks for coming over. Welcome back anytime. 😊

[@SkippyTheRedKangaroo]

This must be a training video for my current workplace.

[@PTPavlos]

Ash, you would have lived experience of this. 😂

[@helenroach4634]

Yeh and then she insults him in the way she is trying to say is not appropriate but he's totally oblivious to what she is really asking lolol Love it!

[@kasocool2812]

2:06 also the slightly sad look when the security guy says he doesn't like his shirt

[@julianwalls1077]

Ashi is a suck up .he got no backbone😢

[@chaseblackman7680]

I work for a major Aussie company in the states. Not that it matters. HR dystopia is the same in most of the West. This hits way to close to home. Uncomfortable accurate and shows just how insane things have gone. Good thing for me is office day is only once a week. Otherwise I'd go crazy.

[@Sujad]

"Ten to fifteen for manslaughter..." One of the responses in any show I've ever seen.

[@DanielMasmanian]

Guys what you do is not only legend, but the faeces coming out from real HR shows it's being unironically used as training material

[@razorheadinjapan73]

The woman complaining about the rowers gets right up my nose

[@johnmoyle4195]

Beverly is such an airhead. She doesn’t even know what day it is.

[@Potageduyour]

This is like seeing Dilber, but instead of corporate environment, specifically from HR perspective 😂

[@MrJ-b1n]

Can't believe they made the Australian office when this show already exists

[@bodybalanceU2]

when was that made - who made it and where was it shown - never heard of an aussie office series - also why pointless when aussies make great comedy without copying

[@Sub0x-x40]

hr is just an infectious boil. the sooner ai takes those jobs the better

[@pammulholland8687]

"I want to work in Human Resources." said no student ever.

[@kungfooslap2983]

I am in the uk fire service and I can fully endorse this factual documentary of life in a government department.

[@MSWSB]

“Have I let HR in the building again” is the funniest and most painful line I’ve heard in a comedy show.

[@stevendurick9441]

Seeing Tony stick up for Nat against HR was really wholesome. You always need a boss like Tony

[@thomasjgallagher924]

These scenes may have been enough to keep me from going back into the public sector after being away for 20 years.

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

Tony the only sane person working there

[@silentjellybean]

I never realised how on point this show is!

[@rogwar95]

There has never been a show that makes me so sad/angry and laugh at the same time 😂

[@stureed6193]

This would be really funny if it was not a documentary.

[@leonardmccannon3136]

I think I finally understand the phenomenon of work place shootings....

[@DanielMasmanian]

Such genius. If only managers were taking notes. First, don't kill the lawyers: fire HR. Then let the lawyers deal with each other.

[@asasill3660]

Had to do one of these hr meetings working in the D.N.R. as a wildland firefighter. We cracked racist/sexist jokes the whole time just to make sure hr understood that we have no respect for them

[@helenroach4634]

So, so good. And from a person who's worked in govenrment for many years -- this is so close to the truth it's hilarious xx Except sadly often people lack all sense of humour so these absurb requests and H&S are not met with light hearted humour but with stony acceptance -- which can make for a very, very long meeting lol

[@kurtdvet]

Focusing on feelings can Fuck up a work force faster than a phobic facilitator

[@mananimal3644]

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen.👍🏿

[@Handleyman]

10-15 seems fair.

[@benoitdastous5293]

Considering time served, the public service rendered and a factor of 1.5 for dealing with an human resource representant. This court has determined that the crown is now in your debt for 150,012$. Please see the clerk for your payment.

[@haydenwalton2766]

how about $100k and a street parade !?

[@chharlessweeney]

Love your work!!

[@antred11]

I've never heard of this show, but this looks brilliant. 😂

[@ncdave4life]

HR is like an internal corporate HOA.

[@vincentdunne5129]

Huge respect to Sall for her fight. Hopefully, she will let people know how to help financially.

[@dtw8446]

Love the little detail that HR never knows what day it is.

[@MichaelCairns-fv2vi]

The instant HR interact with me I say Ive just had a bereavment of some one Ive been close to and loved that has left me devastated and questioning my sexuality. Its like a magic spell they jus go poof into the either

[@KamilleBidanApologist]

There are actual hits from their HR Lessons but gosh darn it’s mostly trifling, infuriating, bureaucratic nonsense 😂

[@swetasingh7502]

So are they getting any work done?

[@Jesper-bl2ns]

Never when there's any HR around.

[@joshJ.]

I like 3rd world work place environment where things actually get done

[@Roger-d5o]

I used to work for a major US IT vendor in Australia. Half of our team were girls and one of them in particular was responsible for circulating pornographic videos and dirty jokes on a company email server/email group. Kind of stretched my understanding of what was 'socially acceptable and tolerated'. We all had great fun of course and nobody got too offended.

[@Bragg-WRC123]

I get PTSD watching this from my time working for a large defense contractor.

[@Dayvit78]

Thanks for this insight into Australian culture :) I recognize one of the women from Taskmaster Australia

[@pammulholland8687]

This is exactly what it's like to work in 2024, which is why people in the workplace have stopped talking to each other altogether.

[@israelarnold3119]

We really want to be able to watch while episodes in the USA Really of all your shows!

[@djanitatiana]

time for a VPN

[@peterkelly5518]

Rob Sittch and his team are comedic geniuses...remember...the Games? Brilliant

[@bdelphan]

HR makes every situation worse.

[@billthecat129]

There is no situation hr can't make worse

[@garyprince2867]

Even the 'HR hairstyle' for Rebecca Massey - superb attention to detail. Notice how she also uses her hands so well as she acts? I know, I know, I just assumed Rebecca's gender - my bad...

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

I so wish I could find the old Jim Goad quote about 'sexual harassment' and how it's identified and based almost totally on how sexually attractive you find the person in the first place. He asked something like, 'is it only considered sexual harassment if you find the person unattractive?' It's typical of Goad to be so brutally bang on AND laugh out loud funny at the same time when he observes human beings. Basically, you're only guilty if the person finds you fugly. If they think you're hot, 'harass' away champ. What a minefield.

[@RondeezyontheBlock2K]

This reminds me just how annoying and over the top HR is. After watching this I realized that the HR department at my job is widely disliked by the district.

[@GlowingTube]

This could be a documentary!

[@TheHandymanQld]

I worked for three corporate aged care providers. Worst years of my life.

[@cnewton61]

Scripting is so on point!

[@TheRustyLM]

This is F-ing brilliant!

[@BercowSandwich]

Best title for a video by far lol

[@mrthomas2847]

well no wonder why s*** never get done in time but still cost 10X more

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Just today I saw a short for an Australian "The Office". I'm hoping it was rage bait or a joke but several comments were about how good this is, and why not enlarge the idea.

[@soma_donat]

This feels like a cult.

[@Silvos29]

THESE GUYUS ARE AWESOME

[@pashaveres4629]

These people, this show, is doing God's work.

[@fatenaljmmal2746]

What is the feeling of an HR person who acts like that? Don't they feel themselves a little bit OVER😶

[@TheMusicalElitist]

I love all the hate comments for HR 😂😂😂

[@toragodzen]

I've never understood the need for HR departments. Businesses would run much better if hiring decisions were left to the team you’d be joining and the owners of the company. HR often seems redundant and can do more harm than good.

[@julianwalls1077]

Resene paints in Nz does that!😮