Yeah, see, English is the business go-between language. I feel us native speakers can sometimes get a bit lazy, and also expect too much from non native speakers. Sometimes I want to say to some people that are giving foreign speakers a hard time, "well how many languages do you know then?!!" lol
My wife knows 4 languages; I know only English. I wish I knew more :)
Yes that is quite true. You will not believe if I tell you that there is no job for people who don't speak English in India. At least now the situation is changing a little bit. But before a few years back, even if you are capable of moving mountains with your mind, you still don't have the job if you don't know to speak English. That's what corporate companies expect. But things are getting better I should say.