What fictional paper company employs the main characters in The Office (UK)?

The fictional paper company employing the main characters in The Office (UK) is Wernham Hogg. The company’s Slough branch is the workplace at the heart of the mockumentary, where David Brent manages a staff of salespeople, receptionists and warehouse employees.

Wernham Hogg is presented as a paper merchant or paper distribution business, summed up by its slogan, “Life is stationery.” The company gives the series a deliberately ordinary setting: its employees deal with sales targets, office politics, redundancies and workplace boredom rather than glamorous careers. That mundane environment makes David Brent’s attempts to appear inspirational even more awkward.

The Slough office is managed first by Brent, while Jennifer Taylor-Clarke and later Neil Godwin occupy senior positions above him. Tim Canterbury, Gareth Keenan and Dawn Tinsley all work there, and their relationships drive much of the plot.

Viewers sometimes choose Dunder Mifflin because it is the paper company in the later American adaptation. Dunder Mifflin belongs to The Office (US); Wernham Hogg is the company created for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s original British series.