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Work red flags and green flags
Baro : At the office, the weather turns fast. One meeting too many and it’s a storm.
Open plan, remote or workshop: work has its little signals. These situations come from our “Red flag or Green flag?” game. Nothing serious, just something to laugh about on your coffee break.
🚩 The red flags (14)
- 📧 Your manager emails you at 11 p.m. with “URGENT” in the subject. 🚩 Red flag · Urgent can wait for sunrise.
- 🦜 In a meeting, someone presents your idea as theirs. 🚩 Red flag · Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V doesn’t work in real life.
- 🥛 Someone eats your yogurt from the office fridge. Your name was on it. 🚩 Red flag · The perfect crime. RIP yogurt.
- 🤒 Your manager calls during your sick leave, “just with a quick question.” 🚩 Red flag · There’s no such thing as a quick question on sick leave.
- 📨 Someone hits “reply all” to say “thanks”… to 400 people. 🚩 Red flag · One thank-you, 400 notifications. Polite chaos.
- 📣 In meetings, one person interrupts everyone, all the time. 🚩 Red flag · The mic isn’t a trophy.
- 🦄 Your manager has promised a raise “next quarter.” For three years. 🚩 Red flag · Next quarter is a mythical land.
- ☕ A coworker spreads gossip about you at the coffee machine. 🚩 Red flag · The coffee machine hears everything. And judges.
- 👨👩👧 Your manager says “we’re a family” to make you stay late. 🚩 Red flag · Your actual family lets you go home for dinner.
- 🕔 Someone dumps the worst project on you Friday at 5:55 p.m. 🚩 Red flag · Your weekend just caught a cold.
- 😩 Your manager calls out your mistake in front of everyone. 🚩 Red flag · Praise in public, correct in private. That’s the rule.
- 🔁 You said no to a task. They ask three more times, rephrased. 🚩 Red flag · A rephrased no is still a no.
- 😬 In a job interview, they ask if you plan to have kids. 🚩 Red flag · Off topic and, in many places, off limits.
- 🏃 Your manager writes “Asap” in every message, even for a photocopy. 🚩 Red flag · When everything is urgent, nothing is.
💚 The green flags (14)
- 🥐 Someone on the team brings pastries to celebrate… nothing at all. 💚 Green flag · The best reason to celebrate: none.
- 👏 Your manager praises your work in front of the whole team. 💚 Green flag · Recognition: better than espresso.
- 🌴 On vacation, nobody messages you. Nobody. 💚 Green flag · Vacation silence: pure music.
- 🛟 A teammate offers help when you’re drowning in work. 💚 Green flag · A human life jacket, open-plan edition.
- 🤔 Your manager says: “I don’t know, I’ll find out.” 💚 Green flag · Admitting you don’t know: a real superpower.
- 💐 The team signs a birthday card for you… with actual words in it. 💚 Green flag · Not just “HBD!” Real effort.
- 🌆 Your manager tells you to go home at 6: “The rest can wait.” 💚 Green flag · Magic words. Print and frame.
- 🎧 Your team treats your headphones as a “do not disturb” sign. 💚 Green flag · Headphones: the universal sign language.
- 💡 A coworker shares their tricks instead of keeping them secret. 💚 Green flag · Shared knowledge: team wins.
- 🙋 In meetings, your manager asks the quietest people for their opinion. 💚 Green flag · Quiet people, loud ideas.
- 🌻 Your team sets up a ten-minute screen-free chat every week. 💚 Green flag · Ten real minutes can change a whole week.
- 🔦 Your manager says: “Great idea. You present it.” 💚 Green flag · Your idea, your spotlight.
- 📴 Your company shuts off emails on weekends. 💚 Green flag · The right to disconnect, in real life. Wild.
- 🧁 The new hire is welcomed with breakfast and a homemade guide. 💚 Green flag · First-day jitters, officially cancelled.
⚖️ The debatable ones (7)
- 🗓️ Your manager schedules a meeting to prep for tomorrow’s meeting. ⚖️ Up for debate · Meeting-ception.
- 💬 Your team communicates only in GIFs on the work chat. ⚖️ Up for debate · Questionable productivity, unbeatable vibes.
- 🌿 A coworker decorates their desk with 23 plants. ⚖️ Up for debate · Desk or jungle? The plants have decided.
- 📷 A coworker keeps their camera off for every video call. ⚖️ Up for debate · Deep mystery or just pajamas? We’ll never know.
- 🎤 Someone’s farewell party turns into karaoke until midnight. ⚖️ Up for debate · We don’t say goodbye, we sing it.
- 🐌 A coworker replies to your emails a week later, but perfectly. ⚖️ Up for debate · Slow and precise: the snail of excellence.
- 🗂️ A coworker color-codes their files in rainbow order. ⚖️ Up for debate · Organization or art installation? Both.
Play “Red flag or Green flag?” in Baromo
Ten cards a day: swipe left 🚩 or right 💚, your mascot gives its verdict and you discover your profile (Smoke Detector, Peacemaker, Marshmallow Heart…). Then challenge a duo with the same deck. Free, ad-free, no account.
Frequently asked questions
What is a red flag?
A little warning sign in someone’s behaviour. A green flag is the opposite: a reassuring sign. Here, we laugh about it, without judging anyone.
Who decides the verdict?
Our mascots give their take, but yours counts just as much. Some situations stay “up for debate”: that’s the whole point of playing with someone.