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88% of Gen Z say yes to emojis at work. Is this the new office language?
A new global survey suggests a growing generational divide in how people talk at work, one that's playing out in emojis. According to workplace software company Atlassian, nearly 9 out of 10 Gen Z employees believe emojis make communication more study, conducted with YouGov, surveyed 10,000 office workers across the US, Australia, France, Germany, and goal: to understand how today's workforce connects, especially in digital
The result is clear, Gen Z treats emojis not to make the message look fancy but as part of the message that is to be EVERYONE AGREESLess than half of Gen X and Baby Boomer employees see a place for emojis in the mismatch, the report notes, could fuel wider workplace tension, especially as written communication, like chats and emails, becomes more 93% of respondents say they communicate regularly through writing; 44% said it's their main mode of debate isn't just about tone. It cuts into 48% of Gen Z workers say they waste hours every week trying to figure out what colleagues meant in unclear also four times more likely than older peers to face confusing communication on a daily GEN Z RELIES ON EMOJIS: A NEW LANGUAGE FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORKFORCEWhat makes emojis important to younger workers? The report calls it 'digital body language'. It's not just what is said, but how, punctuation, speed of replies, tone, and, yes, Zers use these markers to sense mood, urgency, or connection in a space where face-to-face cues are Price, Work Futurist at Atlassian, said the shift is unavoidable. 'Emails, DMs, Slack threads, Zoom chats, it's all digital for a lot of us, that shift has been a learning curve.'India's changing workforce explains part of the to a BCG-Snap Inc report, Gen Z makes up 25% of India's workforce, a number projected to reach 47% by of the Gen Zs started working during or after the pandemic, and for them, work began it turns out emojis may even shape motivation. Gen Z respondents said they were 2.5 times more likely to feel encouraged by emoji reactions compared to older two-thirds also said they were more likely to read messages that included means that Gen Z prefers to tell, shows us how the priorities to feelings and emotions are given in the messages.- Ends
