--- title: Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation description: Chase Bank has garnered criticism for a #MondayMotivation meme that some have accused of 'poor-shaming.' Here's Twitter users said. canonical: https://time.com/5580255/chase-bank-monday-motivation-tweets/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-30T15:11:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:49.482Z og:title: Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation og:description: People shared memes to call out the company og:url: https://time.com/5580255/chase-bank-monday-motivation-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation twitter:description: People shared memes to call out the company twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Apr 30, 2019 3:11 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Apr 30, 2019 3:11 PM UTC When Chase Bank attempted to get in on the popular Monday Motivation hashtag with a tweet on Monday, it backfired. In the tweet ending with the hashtag “Monday Motivation,” customers of the bank theoretically think to themselves, “why is my balance so low?” The bank, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, proposed people could think about cutting back on [going out to eat](http://time.com/5368424/americans-spending-like-crazy-at-restaurants/), [buying coffee from a shop](http://time.com/5326420/coffee-longevity-study/) and taking cabs instead of walking. The full text of the original tweet said, “You: why is my balance so low / Bank account: make coffee at home / Bank account: eat the food that’s already in the fridge / Bank account: you don’t need a cab, it’s only three blocks / You: I guess we’ll never know / Bank account: seriously?” After garnering criticism on the social media site — some users felt the company was “poor-shaming” — Chase swiftly deleted the tweet and shared a statement on its timeline. “Our #MondayMotivation is to get better at #MondayMotivation tweets,” the company wrote. “Thanks for the feedback Twitter world.” > [](https://twitter.com/Chase/status/1122937146040627205) Even Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke out against the meme. The [2020 Democratic contender](http://time.com/5570051/2020-democrats-ilhan-omar-trump/) highlighted rising costs of living, low wages and the government [bailout of JPMorgan Chase](https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/jpmorgans-12-billion-bailout/) amid the 2008 recession as reasons for a low balance. > [](https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1122954072867450880) Rep. Katie Porter of California also called the company out for its tweet, writing, “Families aren’t spending frivolously; they’re trying to pay rent.” It’s not Porter’s first public squabble with the bank. Earlier this month, JPMorgan Chase CEO [Jamie Dimon](http://time.com/5393938/jamie-dimon-trump-election/) appeared in a hearing with the House Financial Services Committee, in which a group of top bank heads were questioned about their salaries compared to their workers’ wages. In the hearing, [Porter questioned Dimon](https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/04/10/at-megabank-hearing-freshman-rep-katie-porter-takes-on-jamie-dimon-and-his-31m-salary/?slreturn=20190330101549) regarding how a mother working for the bank would be able to support her family. > [](https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter/status/1122951045439733760) Some users shared a photo of Paris Hilton wearing a shirt that reads “stop being poor” to show how out of touch they felt the bank’s notion was. > [](https://twitter.com/carlysintothat/status/1122955554027180033) See a sampling of responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/michael9000/status/1122976315663994881) > [](https://twitter.com/ontheouts/status/1122976379425869824) > [](https://twitter.com/SmartAshhh/status/1122945769873510401) > [](https://twitter.com/Smplyetstunning/status/1122957996110180352) Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5580255/chase-bank-monday-motivation-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5580255/chase-bank-monday-motivation-tweets/"},"headline":"Not Everyone Was So Motivated By Chase's Monday Motivation","datePublished":"2019-04-30T15:11:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:49.482Z","description":"Sen. 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