That was nonsense. However, whether you’re an entrepreneur or an employee, you have used one, if not all, of these ridiculous, metaphor-laden sentences in your office. Guaranteed. Office jargon has become a staple of startup culture, as well as the business world as a whole. However, this common practice could be costing you some serious productivity points in the long run. That’s right, according to a recent study, office jargon has been shown to impede productivity. In the new survey by American Express OPEN, 88 percent of U.S. workers pretend to understand office jargon, even when they really have no idea what it means. This number is staggeringly high, particularly when you consider that 64 percent still say they use jargon words or phrases multiple times a week. With communication being one of the driving factors for success in business, this kind of miscommunication can have a serious effect on fostering a productive atmosphere in the office. If you don’t understand what your boss is asking you to do, how can you be productive at all? And that’s a problem that effects companies small and large alike. In an effort to highlight the foolishness of office jargon, American Express has launched an ad campaign showing the many ways people say “no” in the office. Check it out below and stop trying to re-invent the wheel. It’s not rocket science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tISqm63JllY Read more about office productivity on Tech.Co
