These are the same people who would bring harassment complaints to HR if every time they walked into a coffee area all the American English-speaking employees whispered into one another’s ear behind a concealing hand.
Talking in a language that you know no one around you understands has the same effect. People wonder if they are being talked about.
Let me see if I understand you.
You and a group of Americans are sent to do a project in
Saudi Arabia.
Should you and your friends be prohibited from speaking English among yourselves?
As I read the article, the conversations were not related
to their official duties, or interactions with American staff or patients.
It is also noted, that employees speaking OTHER languages
were not held to the same standard.
The Philippine people are noted for working all over the world, and with a very good work ethic.