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I love this idea and I truly hope that more companies see that as a feasible option. More so, because I've been contemplating the idea of leaving London for Cro
by msantos 13y ago
I love this idea and I truly hope that more companies see that as a feasible option.
More so, because I've been contemplating the idea of leaving London for Croatia for some time, but Croatian is an incredibly hard language to learn.
On a second thought, it's also fair to say that the idea is all well and good, but all you need is a disgruntled employee to ruin it to everybody else.
But then, I guess it's all up to what type of people you hire in the first place, and how the company shows those new-hires what kind of culture is expected from them.
There are few rulings in the UK, based on EU's laws, supporting employees speaking they own language even when the nature of the business require them to speak English.
The most recent case I recall of, is that of a Polish nurse/nanny/babysitter who would speak Polish to Polish-parents and Polish co-workers.
But her managers required there to stick to English at all times, even when approached by Polish speaking parents and co-workers. She sued and won.
- mark_sz 13y agoWell, I don't think you've told entire story. She was speaking at her lunch time in polish and her manager said that this is not allowed. http://witnesshr.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/polish-worker-sacked-for-speaking-her.html http://witnesshr.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/polish-worker-sacked... (Btw, a lot of polish and spanish developers arrived to the UK in recent months)
- msantos 13y agoBy no means it was my intention to make one side or the other look bad. I'm sorry if it came across that way. I was just trying to make it short, since that is a side story and therefore it's likely to be irrelevant to the OP. But since you pointed out one of the many articles surrounding that particular case, fyi that article is also incomplete. Google a bit and you'll find some extractions of the court case. The speaking-during-break was the pinacle of the story, which had started months before when her boss told her to speak only English even when the clients (parents) started a conversation with her in their shared/common language.
- msantos 13y agoBTW my mention refers to a case in the UK not in Norway.