This was amazing!! Really brilliantly designed! I was having trouble in the beginning, but it turns out it was because playing the game in fullscreen was affecting my ability to pick up blocks, and that led me to believe there was a game mechanic I wasn't understanding. Getting past that, I fell in love right away!
The visuals are fantastic, and gave me huge Portal vibes in the most wonderful way. I enjoyed the banter between the employee and his boss to set the stage as well. The puzzles themselves never felt too easy or too hard, and I really enjoyed each moment that the gears clicked in my head and each solution eventually revealed itself.
Besides the weird fullscreen (and browser?) issues with the controls, I also had trouble scrolling left with anything besides hovering over the left scroll button on screen. Not a big deal really, but worth a callout. It didn't detract much from my enjoyment, however. I played to that bittersweet ending, and got a laugh out of that last chat interaction.
Incredible work overall, and props to putting such a good spin on the theme. This is easily one of my top favorites from this jam!