Why Romanian?

[webbo3]

Why do they need Romanian speaking cleaner? is this not an English speaking country.?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4948168/Cleaners-needed-7-75-hour-speak-Romanian.html


Dave

[jno]

maybe they have Romanian guests? Anyway, they've changed it.

[ichkeria]

Can't see the problem. They were asking for a particular skill, not "Romanians only need apply".

[cassa333]

Having worked in a Premier Inn (and a Travelodge) I would have thought the main language requirement was to be able to speak with the housekeeping manager.

It was a real nightmare when I needed to use agency staff and they sent over everyone who could not speak English.

[Old_Geezer]

You aren't that naive , ichy. The unjustifiable skill request was a filter.

In error my foot. Someone accidentally put the language requirement into the ad without noticing what they'd done, accidentally didn't spot it when proof reading it, and then actually accidentally advertised it ? Yeah right.

Curious now though as to what they can hold over Romanians that doesn't work with others.

[DTCwordfan]

Theresa May vorbea româna mai devreme astăzi.

[ichkeria]

Unfortunately the actual job application is not deemed important enough to be shown in detail in that article. Only the obsession with "Romanian". If they think that being able to speak Romanian is a necessary skill to do the job properly, then that is their business.
Interestingly, the language requirement has now been changed to "Romanian, Polish, Russian and English" (presumably not all at once) which somehow is deemed more acceptable by the Mail and their mysterious band of tutters and fumers. More importantly, it sounds like the hotel now has the ad it meant to place ...

[ichkeria]

"You aren't that naive , ichy. The unjustifiable skill request was a filter. "
I can only repeat, if for a job an employer thinks that ability to speak Romanian is a necessity then it is their right to ask for that skill. If that means Romanians are more like to apply for and get the job then so be it. If a firm in Germany wanted an English speaker and there was one English speaker in the village and he was English and
possessed all the other requirements (most of which are not specified in that report) then he'd probably get the job above anyone else and no one would bat an eyelid.
If that ad had asked for an Italian speaker, the Mail would not have been interested, and we all know it

[Old_Geezer]

Clearly they couldn't legitimately justify the requirement; the ad was changed.

If it had been Italian it should have been queried, the same. Whether the Mail would find it news is a different matter.

[Gromit]

The advertisement was placed by Premier Inn. The photo in the article is of an Holiday Inn. Are they the same company ?

[webbo3]

This is an English speaking country NOT a Romanian one, if they want a Romanian translator thats fine, but working in a hotel as a cleaner Romanian is not a necessity.

[Mamyalynne]

The last time I read a similar story, the required language was Polish.

The person tasked with placing the ad explained they thought as the other cleaners including the supervisor spoke Polish it made sense.

That ad too got changed.

We can believe it was an error or not - that's our choice.

[ichkeria]

They think it IS an necessity.
Furthermore, they now think Russian and Polish are also a necessity (perfectly reasonably), and yet, as I say, somehow, that is deemed to be ok.
Scores of jobs are advertised every day asking for language skills,and they motivation is never queried.
It is, quite simply, that word "Romanian".

[Spicerack]

A foreign workforce can be a more flexible one.
Or more easily abused.
Take your pick.

[-Talbot-]

They think it IS an necessity.
Furthermore, they now think Russian and Polish are also a necessity



Why would it be necessary?

[Spicerack]

That 'Romanian' seems to be touching a raw nerve with you, don't it, Ichi?

[ichkeria]

It certainly seems to with the Daily Mail :-)

[webbo3]

ichkeria,

Why would cleaning a toilet or vacuuming need you to speak Romanian ?

[Spicerack]

Russians aren't allowed to work in this country (although they do).
Perhaps they want graduates with a degree in Russian to clean the bogs.

[ichkeria]

I would imagine they need Romanian (if you are asking a serious question and you really don't know) is to converse with and make themselves understood with, either the guests, or their fellow workers, or both. The really amusing thing about this, at the risk of repeating mtself, again, is that they've actually tripled (quadrupled if you count English) the language requirement and somehow that is ok.
If I think I need someone to speak a particular language then it is my privilege to ask for it on my job spec, and not really for anyone else to complain. If they only wanted to hire Romanians then they could probably just do that anyway without making a song and dance of it.

[-Talbot-]

Premier inn only has Romanian guests?
Or only Romanian staff?

You haven't imo given any satisfactory reason for the need to speak Romanian, Ich.