Forcing someone to speak English in the workplace causes distress – IOTW Report

Forcing someone to speak English in the workplace causes distress

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Immigrants Are FURIOUS Over Shocking Move Made By North Carolina Employer-

Dr. Marilyn Pearson, director of the Johnston County Health Department in North Carolina, made a bold move earlier this month when, on October 1, she issued a company-wide memo demanding that all employees only speak English while conducting job duties.

“For the comfort of employees and to be respectful of others who do not share that language, staff are asked to speak English in the office when not on breaks or personal time,” she wrote.

That rule seems fair, given that English is all but America’s official national language. Plus, she left room for employees to speak in other languages on their own time. She also allowed for employees to speak another language if and when a customer approached them in another language.  more

10 Comments on Forcing someone to speak English in the workplace causes distress

  1. My daughter once got a job with a major department store, yeah the one on 34thStreet. Her “co-workers” only spoke Hatian or Jamacian, or something. She couldn’t take it and quit after a week.

    That’s the new normal in the good old US of A.

  2. Estupidos. Spanish was my first language. Tell me something please…what language is the SAT and ACT are written in? Keep enslaving yourself to the language that keeps you from doing well on the gatekeeper tests and find yourself a victim of your own making. I’m not crying for these asswipes.

  3. I didn’t realize language or math were required skills in positions of conducting business. At least you wouldn’t know it 9 times out of 10. Countless times out of general respect I say please and thank you to someone I’m purchasing from, only to feel like a jackass when it’s not reciprocated.

  4. I thought it was just me. I never get a “thank you” when I purchase something. But if they hand me the bag instead of throwing it to the side table, I politely say thank you. But out of the cashier? Nothing in return. Even at Hobby Lobby, and they’re considered the nicest employee group around.

    But as for the fast food industry, hands down, Chik Fil A employees are the friendliest and most polite employees. Behind them is In n Out burgers.

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