We spend about one-third of our waking hours at work. That’s often more time than we spend asleep or hanging out with our family and friends. It’s no wonder then that workplaces develop their own languages.

Workplace jargon can help streamline our jobs and bond us to our colleagues. But sometimes it just gets on our nerves. So which buzzwords can we expect to hear this year, and which do we hope to never hear again?

To find out, we surveyed 1,002 people and asked them about their perceptions of office buzzwords.

Key findings

Slightly more than one in four people report hearing corporate buzzwords multiple times a day.

“Vibe” was voted the most annoying word Gen Z brings to the office, and “circle back” is a phrase we all want to eliminate.

The corporate jargon people find most annoying in a job posting is “like a family.”

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