Communicating at work can often feel like deciphering out an alphabet soup of acronyms and other corporate buzzwords. While seemingly more efficient, this can have an adverse effect for many employees.
Sixty-percent of employees say they have to decode workplace-specific jargon on their own, slowing down their productivity, and 40% have made a mistake at work due to a lack of understanding around workplace vocabulary, according to a report from Duolingo and LinkedIn. The survey found that phrases like “run it up the flagpole,” and “move the needle” are the most confusing phrases for employees. Acronyms like KPI (key performance indicator) and ROI (return on investment) are the most-searched acronyms on WordFinder.
