I wanted to blog about that for a while…
Recently, somebody complimented me for “never speaking Russian” at the workplace. I am unsure whether it was a compliment because it was phrased like me being “very unusual Russian manager.” (Funny enough, that was the first time I realized that Iam”a Russian manager.” )
Days later, another person told me that people complained about the same thing – I do not speak Russian at work, and I discourage others from doing so.
Granted, it is not the “Russian” problem, but a problem of speaking a language different from the office official language at the workplace and doing it consistently. I never thought anybody would question the fact that this is an unacceptable practice, but the question keeps coming up, so I decided to write a blog on that subject 🙂
So why do I hold a strong opinion that people should not speak a language different from the…
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