Starting a new job—whether it’s your first position, or a next step on your career journey—learning the language of a new workplace is tough. To better understand how professionals all over the world feel about workplace jargon, LinkedIn and Duolingo, the world’s largest language learning platform, partnered to release the State of Workplace Jargon Report.
The global report revealed:
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Professionals feel jargon is being used too much in the workplace with the youngest generations feeling this way the most. 60{004c69a70f49385f566fd48570aa03735a40d9a4363c2bc1eec2e50460e9a551} of Gen Z and 65{004c69a70f49385f566fd48570aa03735a40d9a4363c2bc1eec2e50460e9a551} of millennials want to reduce or eliminate the use of workplace jargon, compared to 50{004c69a70f49385f566fd48570aa03735a40d9a4363c2bc1eec2e50460e9a551} of Gen X and 23{004c69a70f49385f566fd48570aa03735a40d9a4363c2bc1eec2e50460e9a551} of baby boomers.
Learn more about the results of the report, including the most common and confusing jargon phrases, and ways to communicate more inclusively with unlocked LinkedIn Learning courses (free through July 13, 2023) here.
*Methodology: LinkedIn and Duolingo commissioned Censuswide to survey 1,000+ workers aged 18+ in regions across the globe (US, UK, India, Australia, Brazil, Colombia and Japan) in April 2023. Censuswide abides by and employs members of the Market Research Society, which is based on the ESOMAR principles.
