As more Gen Z enter the workforce, they’re being hit with a language barrier. According to a study from Rethinkly, “more than four in 10 Gen Z workers don’t know the meaning behind common workplace phrases such as ‘bite the bullet’ and ‘back to the salt mines.’” Workers under the age of 26-years-old are more comfortable with today’s buzzwords like “quiet quitting” and “take this offline” rather than old phrases like “flogging a dead horse,” “throw in the towel,” and “burning the midnight oil.” Some Gen Z report having no idea what their colleagues are talking about sometimes and one even said they were asked what they’d do if an employee wasn’t “cutting the mustard” in an interview, to which the recruiter had to explain it meant not performing well. (New York Post)
