I thought this was America

[Gibbs6]

I work at a company located in Iowa and Iowa only.
Today I went to fill out a company engagement survey. Before the questions even begin, it asks me to select a language between English, Spanish, French, Arabic.
How are people even working here if they can’t complete an engagement survey in English.

 

[hopefultiger13]

I work at a company located in Iowa and Iowa only.
Today I went to fill out a company engagement survey. Before the questions even begin, it asks me to select a language between English, Spanish, French, Arabic.
How are people even working here if they can’t complete an engagement survey in English.

My question would be why do you even care? You were able to fill out your form in your primary language. MAYBE there are some folks in your company that don't speak English as well as you do. MAYBE they don't speak English at all. Your company hired them just like they hired you and this seems like an effort to get good feedback in other folk's primarly language. I don't see a problem... The very worst case is that no one uses the other language options and it was a waste of time.

 

[Gibbs6]

My question would be why do you even care? You were able to fill out your form in your primary language. MAYBE there are some folks in your company that don't speak English as well as you do. MAYBE they don't speak English at all. Your company hired them just like they hired you and this seems like an effort to get good feedback in other folk's primarly language. I don't see a problem... The very worst case is that no one uses the other language options and it was a waste of time.

Well in that case they should probably stop requiring proof of being legal to live and work here. I mean I can still get my job done even if illegals were working here. Heck, I’m sure the company could get some better feedback by hiring them.
What type of work are people doing for the company if they can’t even communicate?
Or are we keeping up the trend of giving the crap jobs to all those that shouldn’t even be here because no one wants to work those jobs anyway. If that’s the case, why does their input even matter?

 

[Torbee]

 

[PAWrocka]

I work at a company located in Iowa and Iowa only.
Today I went to fill out a company engagement survey. Before the questions even begin, it asks me to select a language between English, Spanish, French, Arabic.
How are people even working here if they can’t complete an engagement survey in English.

I firmly believe that if you live here, you should be able to speak and understand basic English.

with that said …

my biggest takeaway from this post is that you think “Employee Engagement Survey” results actually matter

 

[Gibbs6]

I firmly believe that if you live here, you should be able to speak and understand basic English.

with that said …

my biggest takeaway from this post is that you think “Employee Engagement Survey” results actually matter

Oh I don’t think they matter at all.
I also know that you never give truthful feedback as it most likely will be used against you when your manager sees it.

 

[Moogy]

Oh I don’t think they matter at all.
I also know that you never give truthful feedback as it most likely will be used against you when your manager sees it.

So, they don't matter, except they matter in that your manager will use them against you.

Brilliant!

You're just angry that they didn't offer the survey in your native tongue of Dumbphuckish.

Man, what kind of trash employment do you have? So far we know you don't have any responsibilities at your job, your Iowa-only company doesn't even have an expectation that its employees can read/write in English, and your boss was so unqualified to be employed, that she didn't even show up to work ... and was still more qualified than you.

 

[Gibbs6]

Holy sh.it fat fu.ck torbee is still alive? Here I thought you were gone. It’s too bad no one actually missed you.

 

[Rastafarian]

‘Merica! Freedom!

except when it comes to others speaking a language of their choice! And when companies want to have the freedom to hire whoever they want! And when they choose to offer those people accommodations to make them happier in their jobs!

this is the problem with maga. They want xenophobic totalitarianism dressed up as “freedom”.

 

[hopefultiger13]

Well in that case they should probably stop requiring proof of being legal to live and work here. I mean I can still get my job done even if illegals were working here. Heck, I’m sure the company could get some better feedback by hiring them.
What type of work are people doing for the company if they can’t even communicate?
Or are we keeping up the trend of giving the crap jobs to all those that shouldn’t even be here because no one wants to work those jobs anyway. If that’s the case, why does their input even matter?

Well, first, requiring proof of being legal is NOT an option. It's the law. They don't have a choice. I don't work in HR, so I'm not current, but I managed a restaurant for a couple of years after college and back then I had to have a copy of paperwork that either "proved" they were a citizen or authorized to work in the US. Honestly, I just took the paperwork they gave me and made no effort to see if it was authentic or not. I just made copies and shoved it in a file. I'd be willing to bet that I had a few folks that were here illegally and frankly, I didn't give a shiit then, nor do I now. I wanted folks that could cook, clean, and generally do their jobs. Period.

Obviously, I have no idea if there are illegals working at your company or not. But not every job requires fluency in English. For example I hired the wife of a neighbor. He'd just left the Army and he met his wife in Korea. She had very little English, but he asked if she could get a job as a dishwasher. I hired her, and we communicated with single words and gestures. She was a hell of a dishwasher and I never had to say anything about her job. It was indeed a crap job and her English improved a bit and she left b/c she got a better job with a maid service. I only saw her a couple of times after that....

Point being that you don't have to have great communication to be a good worker. There are jobs (and I admit that they are mostly crap ones... Janitor, landscaping, mail room, etc). That don't require a lot of speaking, just good work ethic. There ARE people that are here legally that don't speak English very well and they probably never will. But their kids will.

 

[baltimorened]

I work at a company located in Iowa and Iowa only.
Today I went to fill out a company engagement survey. Before the questions even begin, it asks me to select a language between English, Spanish, French, Arabic.
How are people even working here if they can’t complete an engagement survey in English.

be very careful what you say on these surveys. I know they tell you everything you say is confidential. I know for a fact that results are, or at least were when I worked, made available to management. I know because I was management and I did get the results.

 

[baltimorened]

My question would be why do you even care? You were able to fill out your form in your primary language. MAYBE there are some folks in your company that don't speak English as well as you do. MAYBE they don't speak English at all. Your company hired them just like they hired you and this seems like an effort to get good feedback in other folk's primarly language. I don't see a problem... The very worst case is that no one uses the other language options and it was a waste of time.

I would care simply because how does a manager communicate instructions to someone who doesn't speak the language? I don't know what kind of business you're in, but there must be some communication between management and workers and workers and workers.

 

[baltimorened]

‘Merica! Freedom!

except when it comes to others speaking a language of their choice! And when companies want to have the freedom to hire whoever they want! And when they choose to offer those people accommodations to make them happier in their jobs!

this is the problem with maga. They want xenophobic totalitarianism dressed up as “freedom”.

see there thread about the takeover of France.

 

[Gibbs6]

be very careful what you say on these surveys. I know they tell you everything you say is confidential. I know for a fact that results are, or at least were when I worked, made available to management. I know because I was management and I did get the results.

Correct. I’ve seen what people have wrote about me as well when I was in a management position. I’ve also seen people get fired for what they have shared about people.