monetary for second language.

[atropine]

So how many of you get paid extra for speaking another language at your job? Should we get extra cash for speaking another language, thoughts and opinions.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I don't think so. While it is good on a resume or application, there are ways around language barriers such as language line.

 

[usafmedic45]

So how many of you get paid extra for speaking another language at your job? Should we get extra cash for speaking another language, thoughts and opinions.

No and no. That's the problem with the US: we don't want to do anything that doesn't benefit us in the monetary or physical sense. There's a joke about this very issue.

"What do you call someone who speaks three or more languages? A polyglot.
What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American."

 

[VCEMT]

Get paid for speaking Spanish,only. Sucks, I can speak Tagalog, Vietnamese, Japanese, and ebonics. I'm not Asian, I've dated a variety of women.

 

[usafmedic45]

Get paid for speaking Spanish,only. Sucks, I can speak Tagalog, Japanese, and ebonics. I've dated a variety of women.

German- basic conversation, basic writing ability and can read technical papers
Spanish- Can ask basic questions
French- Can ask basic questions, maybe get myself laid
Hebrew- Know just enough to get by during services and maybe be dangerous
Russian- Can say "yes", "no" and "prison :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored:"

 

[Handsome Robb]

The only spanish I know is "Dos mas cervezas por favor y donde esta' el bano?''

Alright kidding, we actually have ~20 minutes of spanish once a week in my paramedic course. I'm not saying I'm any good at it though Mostly basic conversation and assessment questions/answers. The women who teaches it sometimes comes and acts as a patient during our lab days. Her 'status espanicus' is amazingly confusing haha.

 

[usafmedic45]

Her 'status espanicus' is amazingly confusing haha.

Ah...."status hispanicus". Nothing quite like a Mexican having a panic attack.

 

[atropine]

Get paid for speaking Spanish,only. Sucks, I can speak Tagalog, Vietnamese, Japanese, and ebonics. I'm not Asian, I've dated a variety of women.

I not only talking about spanish I mean all languages, in fact the city of santa Ana compenstes for a variety of languages.

 

[VCEMT]

As do many of fire and police departments. EMS wise, AMR is not going to dish out the amount a city, county, or state fire or law enforcement angency will.

 

[Aprz]

All the cooks were Spanish-only speakers at my previous job. In one year, I learned a lot of Spanish, and it was one of my favorite things about my previous job. On my first day, my FTO asked me about my previous jobs, favorite things, etc, and that was one of thing I mentioned. She said "Oh, well, I've never gotten a single Spanish-only speaker so I doubt you'll have to use it soon." After our first patient, the next six calls were Spanish-only speakers.

I do not get paid more, but everyone has a good laugh hearing my white accent, and it's funny cause I am decent at it, y yo aprendo Espanol para mi novia futura.

 

[bigbaldguy]

In the airlines you don't usually get paid extra for languages but you do get preferential bidding for certain international routes. For instance Spanish speakers get to work flights to Cancun and German speakers get overnights in Frankfurt.

 

[Flightorbust]

To me it's an extra skill to have in your tool box. I dont feel you should make more based off of 1 extra skill although it does help to have it.

 

[Shishkabob]

Nope, don't get paid more and nope, we shouldn't.



Sorry, we live in America where English is the primary language. I speak the primary language. Even in Texas, Spanish is a VERY distant second. If my patient can't communicate in my language, that's their issue and not mine.



Oh and before the hate starts-- I know and can speak German decently, and even had a 45 minute conversation with a German patient one time while doing transfers. I'm not against foreign languages, I just see no reason to learn one that I don't want to just to placate someone else.

 

[STXmedic]

We get $50 per language. Here, it's a good incentive to have because we have such a high percentage of the population that speaks only Spanish. If you're in an area that is primarily English, I really don't see the need for incentive pay.

 

[VCEMT]

We get $50 per language. Here, it's a good incentive to have because we have such a high percentage of the population that speaks only Spanish. If you're in an area that is primarily English, I really don't see the need for incentive pay.

That is good. My company pays $10, Spanish only. We have many Spanish speaking patients, however, we have a lot of Persians, Arabs, Vietnamese, and Filipinos too.