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

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨vestmoria@linux.community⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

Example: several of my former coworkers are from Mexico, Peru and Argentina, meaning they share Spanish as a common language.

I used to practice Spanish with them, but my last charge (like a ward’s manager) would yell at us to stop it, use English only. She would get very angry really fast if she heard anything in a language she didn’t understand.

I find it stupid, because some of them would use Spanish to better explain to the new nurses how to do certain procedures, but maybe I’m missing something?

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Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’d almost say that’s a discrimination suit waiting to happen if pretty much everywhere wasn’t “at-will employment”. My work doesn’t care what language you speak and I think HR is required to know a good amount of multiple languages cause of it. Granted most people don’t directly talk to each other here and communicate through hand signs since nobody can hear anyone anyway.

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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m American in the middle of the country and I’m liable to greet you in any of like half a dozen languages. I’m the weird guy at work.

I only speak English fluently but I’ve picked up a lot.

I also prefer English to American English but not in all contexts. Like, have you seen how the English write maneuver? I could never. (I can spell it, but I can’t wrap my mind around that spelling.) (My iPhone changes everything to American English though.)

I believe awareness and immersion in multiple cultures, even if it’s just one you favor, it will make a person that much more interesting.

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jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is completely ridiculous and also illegal where I live

If the idiot boss is too insecure with herself she can’t bear not understanding a language then she is free to learn that language. Especially if it is Spanish in the USA, which is very widely spoken. Learning it is just common sense.

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