This reminds me of a problem I have heard about a few years ago, not sure if it still exists:
The problem was that scientific papers are usually checked from the scientific perspective, but a frequent problem is also horrible English (typically from authors who do not speak English as their first language). So some journals added “language review” as a first step of their reviews, and if the article was not correct English, they told the author to rewrite it, or offered a paid service of rewriting it to proper English.
The paid service turned out to be so profitable, that some journals simply started requiring it from all authors writing from non-English-speaking countries, regardless of the actual quality of their English. Specifically, native English speakers found out that if they move to a different country and start submitting their papers from there, suddenly they are told that their English is not good enough and they have to pay for having their language checked. So in effect this just became an extra tax for scientists based on their country.
Similarly, I am pessimistic about the willingness of companies to isolate potentially profit-generating employees from the financial consequences of their decisions.
This reminds me of a problem I have heard about a few years ago, not sure if it still exists:
The problem was that scientific papers are usually checked from the scientific perspective, but a frequent problem is also horrible English (typically from authors who do not speak English as their first language). So some journals added “language review” as a first step of their reviews, and if the article was not correct English, they told the author to rewrite it, or offered a paid service of rewriting it to proper English.
The paid service turned out to be so profitable, that some journals simply started requiring it from all authors writing from non-English-speaking countries, regardless of the actual quality of their English. Specifically, native English speakers found out that if they move to a different country and start submitting their papers from there, suddenly they are told that their English is not good enough and they have to pay for having their language checked. So in effect this just became an extra tax for scientists based on their country.
Similarly, I am pessimistic about the willingness of companies to isolate potentially profit-generating employees from the financial consequences of their decisions.