Most People Can’t Handle Work Jargon!

Almost half of the workers have a colleague they find difficult to work with — due to their communication habits, according to new research.

The survey of 2,000 remote and hybrid workers revealed some of these feelings might result from their co-workers’ use of workplace jargon.

Two-thirds of workers surveyed (63%) also said it’s off-putting when colleagues use workplace jargon in messages while communicating with them.

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Eighty-nine percent admit they use workplace jargon, and the top reason they do so is to sound more professional or intelligent — tied with trying to maintain office norms (both 43%).

Of those, 55% have caught themselves using phrases they’re personally tired of hearing.

WORKPLACE JARGON/PHRASES PEOPLE FIND OVERUSED

• ASAP (15%)
• Keep me in the loop (15%)
• Just checking in (14%)
• Team player (14%)
• Give 110 percent (13%)
• Sorry for the delay (13%)
• New normal (13%)
• No worries (13%) — tied
• Touch base (13%) — tied
• Think outside the box (13%) — tied
• Loop me in (13%)
• Back to square one (13%)
• Circle back (13%) — tied
• There’s no I in team — tied