RTW, EOD and TIA: 10 workplace acronyms employees still don’t know

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Despite all the time we spend at work, there’s a lot of uncertainty around what common workplace acronyms stand for. Adobe Acrobat decided to test just how little we know.

The software company surveyed over 1,000 Americans on their knowledge of acronyms like RTW (return to work), KPI (key performance indicator) and OOO (out of office), ranking which ones employees most commonly don’t know. Notably, 45% of employees admit to pretending to know an acronym rather than asking. 

81% of Americans didn’t know

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Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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