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Co-Workers Keep Talking To Each Other In Their Own Language
Should we tell the manager? We have no idea what's being said. This only started about three months ago when someone new started in the office. Is it inappropriate for them to be like this?
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As long as they're getting their work done, what's the problem?
When I've supervised teams of twenty or more people working on travel surveys in London, the vast majority of them have been young British Asians, mainly of Pakistani or Bengali descent. I never had any problems with them conversing in Urdu or Bengali among themselves.
^^^ Minor typo in my first post above. The first 'Bengali' should, of course, have read 'Bangladeshi'. (I do know the difference, honestly!)
However my point remains the same. If I'm surrounded by people who's first language is Mandarin, I expect to hear Mandarin being spoken around me. If I'm surrounded by people who's first language is Polish, I expect to hear Polish being spoken . . . and so on. Indeed, if it was to be a regular occurence, I'd try to learn at least a few words of greeting to use in the relevant languages.
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