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Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"

Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"

Update: 2025-11-17
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You know it when you see it. An email from a co-worker or marketing pitch from a company that lands in your inbox, but you know it was written by artificial intelligence. AI promised to make work faster, smarter, and more efficient, but sometimes those emails take time to unpick and fix. There's a word for that, "workslop". It's content that masquerades as meaningful but requires others to interpret. Dr. Kate Niederhoffer is a social psychologist and vice president of BetterUp Labs. She co-authored a new study and says workslop is becoming a growing source of frustration in the workplace. Link to the survey here!
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Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"

Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"