Millennials give no f*cks about swearing at work

In "A Field Guide to the F Word," World War II vet Ben Parker crafts a tribute to the F word that keeps it clean, and charming. — CleverPencil / iStockphoto/Getty
In “A Field Guide to the F Word,” World War II vet Ben Parker crafts a tribute to the F word that keeps it clean, and charming.

PUBLISHED: October 10, 2016 at 3:26 p.m. | UPDATED: May 9, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Cover your sensitive baby boomer ears, Millennials are letting the F-bombs fly at work.

According to a new study by work management platform Wrike, two-thirds of Millennial employees across the ranks swear at work. Millennial women are the most OK with not mincing words, with three-quarters of female Millennial managers and executives fessing up to swearing at work. Only 58 percent of Gen Xers and Baby Boomers in the same roles said they would openly curse at work.

The study, which surveyed 1,500 Americans, found that the amount of cussing in a workplace can make people uncomfortable, whether that be too much or too little profanity. The study found that 47 percent of Millennial men and 40 percent of Millennial women preferred working in an office where their coworkers swore.

A third of them said that swearing can bring coworkers closer together—like bemoaning how much you could use another f*cking cup of coffee?—and 36 percent said that dropping F-bombs and letting the sh*t fly can reflect a “passion for their work.”

You can read the full report here.

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