OOO & ETA | Which workplace jargon has coronavirus changed?

Business acronyms are often used to avoid the repetitive use of long and frequently used phrases when communicating with others.

With ‘always on’ cultures urging staff to work more quickly than ever, acronyms may be used for ease and speed when explaining to colleagues over email that they are ‘WFH’ (working from home) or ‘OOO’ (out of the office), for example.

However, with lots of working parents juggling childcare, home-schooling and work, these traditional workplace acronyms have come to mean different things.

That’s according to Steve Gard, a Brisbane-based Talent Acquisition Change Leader.