"The word refers to content that looks polished but lacks substance. It applies to AI-generated slideshows, lengthy reports, summaries, and code. While the content looks good on the surface, it ends up being incomplete, missing context, or unhelpful to the task at hand. And a new study released on Monday found that 40% of workers have reported receiving workslop in just the past month."
"To write the study, Stanford Social Media Lab researchers partnered with AI coaching platform BetterUp to conduct an online survey of 1,150 full-time U.S. desk workers this month. Employees who reported encountering workslop said that it caused them to take extra time and mental energy from their day to figure out how to appropriately address the work with the colleagues who had submitted it."
Workslop describes AI-generated workplace content that appears polished but lacks substance, context, or usefulness. Examples include slideshows, lengthy reports, summaries, and code that are incomplete or unhelpful. A study of 1,150 full-time U.S. desk workers found 40% reported receiving workslop in the past month. Recipients often spent additional time and mental energy correcting or contextualizing the material, with incidents averaging two hours each. Over half of respondents felt annoyed and many judged colleagues as less creative or reliable. The average invisible monthly cost per affected worker was estimated at about $186, scaling to roughly $9 million annually for a 10,000-person organization. Workslop requires little effort to create, unlike sloppy work.
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