Hey all! How are your firms managing integration/ involvement of non native speakers within the company?

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Not well 😂. I’m at a Big 4 firm and based in DACH region.

Some leaders send out emails with German and English, while others send only German. Onboarding is only available in German, internal firm documents (like firm policies and processes) are only in German and most firm wide meetings are German only unless the leader makes it a point to switch it to English (it’s so appreciated!), but then there are always comments similar to “why is the meeting in English?” 😔. German wasn’t a requirement for getting the job but without it I feel isolated.

For me, there are basic / foundational things that could be done, like providing onboarding and any mandatory training in English. It’s hard to be isolated from the beginning. Also all process / policy documents available in English.

With so many AI tools and even just DeepL, translating programs and documents should be an easy win.

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