Tag: Language barrier

Foreign worker feels excluded after colleagues repeatedly switch to Mandarin at work: ‘Is this something people just accept here?’

‘I feel like a foreigner in my own country’: SG worker says Mandarin-speaking office culture leaves them isolated

‘It’s tough to fit in’ — SG worker opens up about feeling isolated at work because of language barrier

Foreigner says he finds it ‘rude and awkward’ when Singaporean colleagues switch to Chinese mid-conversation

‘He expects me to understand him’: Man struggles with supervisor who communicates only in Chinese

Singaporean says she feels out of place at work because most of her colleagues communicate in Mandarin

Singaporean regrets not studying Chinese because she once thought it was unnecessary, but later realizes its importance in the workforce

SG worker says his "Chinese colleagues" alienate him by only speaking in Mandarin