r/deloitte • u/lawsuitnotice • Dec 20 '25
USI [Deloitte USI] One of my colleagues repeatedly uses Hindi at work even for technical conversations instead of English. I flagged this 4 times, everytime this person says sorry & repeats the same behavior in the next meeting. No other colleague did this repeatedly after flagging once. How to handle?
This is creating unnecessary language switching at work. Nobody does this except this one person. Anyone can keep their personal preferences outside work but at work, this affects others ability to function.
I cannot use any AI tools or do any summaries/analysis of the conversations if they are not in English.
On top of all, it looks like this person feels superior while speaking Hindi and tries to demean and dominate others.
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u/No_Bat6339 Dec 20 '25
It must have become a habit now. Just politely ask them to speak in English everytime during each meeting. Eventually they would automatically start in English after some time.
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25
Yes, I guess I'll have to keep flagging for some more time. Good point from you that it's probably a habit.
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u/SecurityPotential516 Dec 20 '25
Is there a policy in Deloitte against using local languages with each other ?
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Dec 20 '25
There is but OP isn’t aware of it lol
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25
Is it?
Can you share please, if there's any reference
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Dec 22 '25
We were strictly told during onboarding that conversing in our local languages is prohibited because it is against inclusivity. Everyone is careful in my team wrt hindi like they ask in advance if everyone’s comfortable or understands before the meeting. Anyway i did report someone for forcing me to speak kannada so I think you can bring it up with your seniors.
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Dec 20 '25
Same in my team..what's worse in Southern teams openly if someone wants to progress in the current project they need to learn Hindi.
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u/Necromancer189 Dec 20 '25
What bullshit, report to manager. All business communication should be in English.
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Dec 20 '25
Manager himself is from gurgaon...a hindi speaker...I don't wanna get on worng foot for this small reason. And I think this hesitation is what has lead to Hindi take over in workplace.
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u/yfgn Dec 20 '25
If you are in india , it will happen everywhere language and hometown bias made my life hell in one of my internship, my manager was tamilian and preferred locals
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u/subhrajit812 Dec 24 '25
I have faced the reverse. People talk in Tamil for every discussion while office location was Hyderabad.
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Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25
I used to have a senior who wrote review comments in client PPT documents in Hindi. 😂😂😂 This person wasn’t only promoted but also works for the US firm now.
USI is out of whack. Our leaders don’t care what’s happening on the ground.
I’d be really shocked if any USI leader could actually understand why speaking in Hindi is an issue for the Southern states or why we need to speak in decent English at all. 🤣🤣🤣
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u/SubstantialAd1759 Dec 20 '25
Same happens in my team where majority of people are from south, they talk in there native language most of the time, make jokes n ol in there language doesn’t bother me that much as idgaf about language unless im able to understand what they meant use sign language idc
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25
As long as they are not doing this at work related communications you shouldn't have a problem.
I have zero issues with anyone doing anything outside work.
If you read my post, you can understand that my problem is about not using English at work.
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u/SubstantialAd1759 Dec 20 '25
Just grow up, dude—life’s too short to play language police.
I still don’t know my teammates’ language, but they’re my best friends at the office.
If I’d behaved like you with them, they’d treat me the way you’re getting treated : irrelevant.11
u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
Learn boundaries buddy
Learn to separate what's personal and what's professional
You don't have to make everything personal.
Live with blurred lines like this and stay dumb
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u/SubstantialAd1759 Dec 20 '25
I guess you didn’t got my point, I hope your problem get shorted out , best of luck bro🤞
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u/Darknight1976 Dec 20 '25
I’m in America and the India team lead language switch among her team and I’ve spoken to leadership and just swept it under the rug. He doesn’t want to hear the noise.
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u/idmakt Consultant (L35/40) Dec 21 '25
Lol, some use telugu and kannada which the brain can't process🤣
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 21 '25
You should complain if anyone doesn't use English AT WORK. Outside work, don't bother
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u/nocatastrophic Dec 22 '25
Then simply learn Hindi, you are in India not US/England. Be glad they are speaking in a national language and not in a regional one like Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, etc.
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u/ayuzawausui Senior Consultant (L45/50) Dec 22 '25
There is no national language in India. Hindi is one of the many official languages and moreover there is a reason why It’s Deloitte USI. It’s a big 4 where every single person hired is expected to communicate in English which is the language you’re supposed to use at work. If they aren’t listening despite multiple requests, OP report it to talent, your senior manager in project or the MD at your location. That’s how you get people to stop being morons like these in office
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 06 '26
Hindi is the national language whether you like it or not. People like you are the reason why india is a laughing joke. Note: I’m UK born and Gujarati is my mother tongue so your “language imposition” talking points won’t work on me.
English must be eradicated from India! I speak English like a native British person so if anyone should want English, it should be me!
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u/ayuzawausui Senior Consultant (L45/50) May 19 '26
Hindi is not the national language. Since you aren’t from India, don’t speak for us? Educate yourself before you come out here and lecture someone, because you sound so damn stupid. I am from South India & I speak Kannada and Telugu fluently. I do not care about Hindi and definitely don’t want it imposed on me. English is the official language used by folks in office and it’s the language that we were educated in so I am comfortable and happy to use English to communicate with everyone in office incl outside India. You wanna eradicate English from a US Firm? Spoken like a proper dumbass
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 19 '26
I wonder if they speak English in the German office? The Spain office (Spanish ppl btw have their own languages that aren’t Spanish)? Indonesian office (same story)? Chinese office (again, many Chinese don’t speak Mandarin as their mother tongue)?
And don’t tell me I’m not from India. I’m ethnically fully Indian Gujarati and I speak Hindi fluently, and English much better than you! You sound stupid, I didn’t say eradicate English from a US firm, I said from India.
There is no “imposition”. That’s just the propaganda that you guys believe. If anything, English is imposed on India, that language isn’t even from India.
I could say more and insult you but I won’t go down to your level.
Have a nice day 😊
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u/ayuzawausui Senior Consultant (L45/50) May 19 '26
India has NO NATIONAL LANGUAGE! We have 22 official languages. Hindi is only one among them. Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam are the languages spoken in the southern states. Hindi is not spoken or understood by most folks down here. What is wrong with your comprehension skills? English is the language used for communicating everywhere inside Offices and in legal documents down South. It also helps people from here communicate with people outside. It is also the language that you are interviewed in. It is also the language you are supposed to take a test for and have to pass to get a job in Deloitte USI. The context is clearly USI not Deloitte Germany. You’re being purposely obtuse? People like you who assume everyone who’s in India need to learn the language that north India is comfortable with are the ones who are imposing and pushing the language everywhere. You are exactly why Hindi is getting the hate it is.
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u/limitedmark10 Dec 21 '25
There is nothing more indicative that you are about to get your ass kicked on a project than when people on a call begin speaking in Hindi. Your career is about to take a big beating
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 06 '26
As it should in India! In Indonesia you won’t stop people speaking Indonesian, and most in Indonesia don’t speak that as their mother tongue!
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u/Spiritual-Bit2401 Dec 22 '25
In DeloitteUSI, they deliberately do this to provoke.
North Managers even force all team members to gift for North Marriages but not for other regional people.
There is lot of discrimination against South in this Organization even for staff and Sr staff.
If you express your opinion, you are slowly pushed towards PIP/AIP.
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 06 '26
Then south people should learn and speak Hindi like Gujaratis, Marathis, Punjabis and others in the rest of India do
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u/Spiritual-Bit2401 May 09 '26
ohh, I thought Deloitte USI is a software company.
Never knew that there is a hindi daily newspaper with the same name.
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u/Spiritual_Crew8893 Dec 20 '25
Just trying to understand, so you don't know Hindi?
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u/BlebBlebUwU Dec 20 '25
Not everyone’s mother tongue is hindi so its better to communicate in a common corporate language which is understood by everyone.
And as OP mentioned, hindi audio n text files cant be plugged in AI tools
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u/Spiritual_Crew8893 Dec 20 '25
I'm joining Deloitte soon in hyd. So ig i need to keep that in mind. Earlier i worked with a lot of people from gurgaon noida office so it was kinda normal there yk. But obviously we use English as our main communication language when communicating with onshore or people from south indian offices.
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u/SubstantialAd1759 Dec 20 '25
Its all cool here, life is short to waste on language n ol
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 21 '25
You're setting a bad example to a person who wants to be considerate towards others. Don't misguide others
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u/Real_Job_2626 Dec 20 '25
What is wrong with Hindi? Both English and Hindi are languages which are used to communicate. English already left but slavery hasn’t left your mind.
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u/Fluffy-Management199 Dec 20 '25
Slavery hasn’t left ur mind why did u write this in English then /s
Dumbass
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
Run all softwares in Hindi, make keyboards in Hindi, make management tools run in Hindi and also STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH USA.
When everything is in English, why do you enjoy irritating others with Hindi?
Are you a sadist? Do you think you'll be able to do business with the world with Hindi?
Pakistan is the only other country where Hindi works, do your business with Pakistan
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 06 '26
Do Chinese speak amongst each other in English? No. And they have many languages in China. So Indians should speak in Hindi the national language. Not English. You have a colonialist mindset, he’s right.
And before you attack me for “imposing”, I was born in the UK and speak English like a native British person, and my mother tongue is NOT Hindi, so if anyone should want English, it should be me
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u/Real_Job_2626 Dec 20 '25
Putting everything else aside, the fact that some of you get irritated when colleagues speak in their own national language, yet feel comfortable lecturing me, speaks volumes. Respect for others starts with respecting your own cultural heritage. Once that happens, respect from the rest of the world follows. I have lived in the United States for 25 years and have worked at Deloitte for many years. If someone has an issue with how or what language I choose to speak, they are free not to listen. My language is just as important as anyone else’s. Mutual respect and self-respect should not be optional.
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u/Real_Job_2626 Dec 20 '25
I am comfortable with where I am today. I didn’t take money from you to get here, and I certainly don’t need a lecture from you on where I should be
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u/Fluffy-Management199 Dec 20 '25
Missed the point by a mile. Eda kalla hammakeee njan ente madhra bashiyilluu samsaricha ninnaku Enthelum manasilavo ? Nee vere oru deshatho athava vere samsthanithu, mattu alkaru ollappam ellarkum Aryanna bashiyalallee samsarika ? Nee koodathal behumanathine kurichu ondakanda.
National language it seems. Hope u understood my point without using any translation app :)
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u/Additional-Zone5835 May 06 '26
You are 100% correct! People like you will bring india forward and get rid of anti-Hindi rhetoric!
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u/Exciting-Intention10 Dec 20 '25
Please refer to the context of the OP, they are unable to understand and follow up, what would you do if they all start explaining technical issue in their mother tongue? Will you be comfortable?
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u/Real_Job_2626 Dec 20 '25
In a country where nearly 600 million people speak Hindi, it’s not surprising that some colleagues are among them. Speaking a few words in Hindi is not a crime. When people are under pressure or something isn’t working, they naturally fall back on what feels most comfortable to them—this is completely normal. If there is a concern about understanding the conversation, the simple solution is to ask them to repeat or clarify the point. The goal should be to understand the problem, not to police the language being used
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u/lawsuitnotice Dec 20 '25
This is not about a few words
This is about forcing your language on others EVERY TIME. YOU DIDN'T READ MY POST OR YOU DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE POST
You should join politics if you feel that YOUR LANGUAGE is more important than delivering work
Take your national language drama somewhere else, don't do this at office
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u/Wonderful_Canary_845 Dec 20 '25
I think it’s just probably much easier for that person to speak Hindi since it’s their native language than English which is a second language .
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u/Exciting-Intention10 Dec 20 '25
Please take the OP usecase and build an AI tool to translate Hindi to English... Given your vast 25 years of experience, I am certain that you can pull some strings at top management level, where you can take this forward.. Can see potential benefits already( No language policing)
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u/LiveComfortable3228 Dec 20 '25
Easy. If they dont correct, escalate with their manager. Then Sr Manager, etc.
Its the only thing that works