I have been in the country for over twenty years and a permanent resident since 2006. And while I can do basics in most cases, I am nowhere near proficient enough with the language in order to work in Finnish. This seems a pretty big problem, especially in todays climate, where nationalism is running rampant in populist politics. It has very little to to about what is best for the country or the citizens, it is all about grabbing support for one side or another in order to further narrow agendas. However, the companies that need people often have English as their corporate language, because not only are their offices and employees global, their markets aren't in Finland either.
I remember that learning a foreign language after child years was very difficult!Dear @tarazkp !
I guess you always had a hard time identifying as Finnish!š
I think it's natural that you lack academic progress because you had to learn Finnish while working!
I thought you were spending so much time talking in the hive because you had trouble communicating with Finnish people!
I guessed Smallsteps would speak Finnish better than you!š