Returning to routine after a holiday break can feel overwhelming for many workers, as inboxes pile up and motivation runs low. The contrast between carefree days off and the structure of office life often makes the transition harder than expected. That familiar struggle is humorously captured in a viral video featuring a Golden Retriever navigating his own version of the workday.
Lenny the Golden Retriever is having an especially chaotic return to office life, according to a video shared on @lenwichthegolden. The clip presents a playful “day in the life of a corporate pupper,” with an AI-generated voiceover that imagines Lenny narrating his workday thoughts after the holiday break.
Golden Retriever shares life as a ‘corporate pupper’ in video
The video opens with Lenny welcoming viewers to his post-holiday Monday. As he explains how difficult it is to shift back into work mode, the video cuts between scenes of him enjoying beach time with his sibling during the holidays and moments of him being spun around by a coworker inside the office. The contrast highlights the abrupt change from vacation fun to professional obligations.
At one point, another dog is captured barking in the office, prompting Lenny to say he completely understands. According to the voiceover, the pup has been “barking in protest” since early that morning. Still, Lenny insists he has a plan to survive the first day back.
Step one, he explains, is fueling up on pup cups. He jokes that he cannot “physically acknowledge” a single email until he has had a proper sugar fix. From there, Lenny claims to take matters into his own paws by relocating meetings to the dog park. One such outdoor meeting with another dog named Daisy is described as unexpectedly productive, especially after a third dog joins in, resulting in what he calls “peak cross-functional synergy.”
For meetings that could not be moved or avoided, Lenny embraces chaos. The video shows him roughhousing with Daisy inside an office cabin. He adds that he is grateful he does not actually have to contribute anything meaningful to the workplace.
Toward the end of the video, Lenny shares both good and bad news. The good news is that he survived the workday and made it to the company-wide happy hour. The bad news, he says, is that he had to attend the company-wide happy hour at all. Still, he sticks around just long enough to be seen and collect another free pup cup.
He closes with advice for fellow “pup workers.” Lenny jokes that if an email is truly important, it will be sent again, and if not, it never really existed.
