Do these employees also come from Germany and China?
Only Chinese employees work at our site now. Sometimes, staff from Germany and other locations like the US and India visit us, too, and occasionally students from Germany stop by. I believe it’s important to promote young talent – I benefited from this myself in the past. It also forces our employees to practice their English.
Is Chinese the lingua franca at the company?
Yes. Initially we made a point of encouraging our employees to speak English. But while many of our applicants are top candidates, their English skills leave a lot to be desired. We’d only put them off if we asked too much of them. That said, emails and reports are normally compiled in English.