It used to be hard to walk through a corporate office without hearing “let’s circle back” or “let’s take this offline.” Gen Z would like to retire both.
Gen Z now has the numbers to influence office culture. Glassdoor projected that Gen Z would overtake baby boomers in the U.S. full-time workforce in early 2024. As it does, it is nudging workplace language toward plainer alternatives. An updated study from online language-learning platform Preply suggests some of corporate America’s favorite buzzwords are losing their grip. The study combined an analysis of Reddit complaints, U.S. Google search data, and a small exercise with Gen Z office workers.
