workslop, n.Trivia

Workers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reported spending nearly two hours dealing with each instance of workslop, an estimated $9 million a year in lost productivity for a 10,000-person company.

Researchers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at Stanford's Social Media Lab and BetterUp coined "workslop" in a Harvard Business Review article; 40% of surveyed workers had received some in the past month.

In ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the same study, 42% of recipients said they trusted the colleague who sent workslop less afterward.