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公司花钱给员工培训新工具、新流程，但培训结束后，很多人还是悄悄回到了老办法。文章介绍培训平台 TalentLMS 对 1500 名美国员工的调查：先给出采用情况，只有约四成员工一直使用新方法；再解释“习惯拥抱”（habit hugging）这个说法的来历；接着分析原因——改掉旧习惯本身更难，工作压力和“只看结果”的氛围也让人更愿意用熟悉的方式；然后说明新旧方法混用的现实，包括 AI 培训后的回退；随后用 49% 和 22% 的对比说明经理以身作则的作用；最后指出改变需要时间，并提醒这份报告依据的是员工自述。阅读时可留意 harder than、as a result、when…/when… 等表达如何串起比较和因果。

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Many companies spend a lot of time and money teaching staff new ways to work. But a new survey suggests that the training is often only half of the story. After the course is over, many workers quietly go back to what they did before.

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许多公司花大量时间和金钱教员工新的工作方式。但一项新调查表明，培训往往只是事情的一半。课程结束后，许多员工会悄悄回到以前的做法。

The survey was carried out by TalentLMS, an online training company, and its report came out on October 27. It asked 1,500 employees in the United States who had recently been trained in a new tool, process or way of working. Only 41% said they now use the new way all the time. More than half, 52%, said they follow it but sometimes fall back on old habits, and 8% said they had not changed at all.

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这项调查由在线培训公司 TalentLMS 开展，报告于 10 月 27 日发布。调查询问了 1500 名美国员工，他们最近都接受过某种新工具、新流程或新工作方式的培训。只有 41% 的人说自己现在一直使用新方法。超过一半（52%）的人说会按新方法做，但有时会退回旧习惯，还有 8% 的人说完全没有改变。

The company calls this “habit hugging”. The name comes from “job hugging”, which describes people who hold on tightly to their jobs. In the same way, many workers hold on to familiar ways of doing things, even when their jobs keep changing.

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该公司把这种现象称为“习惯拥抱”（habit hugging）。这个名字来自“工作拥抱”（job hugging），后者指人们紧紧守住自己的工作。同样，即使工作内容不断变化，许多员工也会紧紧抓住熟悉的做事方式。

One reason is that stopping something can be harder than starting something. Sixty-five percent of workers said letting go of an old habit is harder than learning a new one. Pressure at work plays a part too. Almost half said they felt rushed to use new methods, and 60% said their company cares more about results than about how the work is done. In a busy week, the old way can feel safer.

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原因之一是，停止做某件事可能比开始做某件事更难。65% 的员工表示，放下一个旧习惯比学会一个新习惯更难。工作压力也有影响。将近一半的人说自己被催着使用新方法，60% 的人说公司更在意结果，而不是工作是怎么完成的。在忙碌的一周里，老办法会让人觉得更稳妥。

As a result, old and new methods often exist side by side. About three in four workers said they mix the two to get their work done, and 42% still use tools or processes that their managers think have already been replaced. Among workers trained to use AI, 36% sometimes return to the old way, and 12% keep working without AI.

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因此，新旧方法常常同时存在。大约四分之三的员工说，他们会把两者混合使用来完成工作；42% 的人仍在使用经理以为早已被替换掉的工具或流程。在接受过 AI 培训的员工中，36% 有时会回到老办法，12% 则继续不用 AI 工作。

Managers seem to make a clear difference. When a manager also used the new method, 49% of workers used it all the time. When the manager did not, the figure was only 22%. Yet only 36% said their company checks whether they actually use what they learned.

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经理似乎会带来明显的差别。当经理自己也使用新方法时，49% 的员工会一直使用它；经理不用时，这一比例只有 22%。然而，只有 36% 的人说公司会检查他们是否真的在用学到的东西。

Change also takes time. Even among workers who stuck with the new method, most said it took one to three months before it felt natural. Half of the workers said building the new way into their daily work would help, and almost as many asked for more chances to practise. The report is based on what workers said about themselves, so it shows their own view rather than a direct measurement.

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改变也需要时间。即使在坚持使用新方法的员工中，多数人也说要过一到三个月才觉得自然。一半的员工说，把新方法融入日常工作会有帮助，差不多同样多的人希望有更多练习机会。这份报告依据的是员工对自己的描述，因此反映的是他们自己的看法，而不是直接测量的结果。

新闻来源

• TalentLMS · Habit hugging: When old habits block new ways of working (report, Oct 2026)
• PR Newswire · New TalentLMS Research Reveals the “Habit Hugging” Effect in the U.S. Workplace (27 Oct 2026)
• HR Dive · Workers are ‘habit hugging’ despite new training, survey finds (30 Oct 2026)

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