Comment on what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?

bacon_pdp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Counterpoint: In the Airline Industry, Aviation English is the lingua franca, do you think pilots and ATC should quit over the language requirement?

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s not really the same thing. You’re required to use English for communication critical for the flight, as a means to ensure proper communication between parties for safety. It doesn’t mean you can’t gossip between coworkers on Spanish or whatever. You have to do what’s required for the job, but the rules shouldn’t extend beyond that to effect how employees interact on non-work things.

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  • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is not a single boss but an industry wide standard, like using metric vs imperial units. There is no market corrective mechanism in that case and thus quitting would be pointless.

    But excellent point.

    Another example would be requiring code to be written in Java or COBOL.

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