I have been living in Finland since 2017. I found job just 4 months after my arrival and at first the boss told me to learn Finnish but he was really kind and open to speak in English. When my boss retired and a colleague became the new boss everything changed. After being in maternity leave, she was expecting me to speak like a native speaker or refused to talk to me saying things like “hey please, can you speak to her because she didn’t understand” or excluding me from conversation about projects in which I was directly involved! I told her about this disrespect attitude but I don’t know if this changed. It’s an international company but still the Finnish language is compulsory. Even if now I am able to use finnish at work, after many courses and efforts made by myself, she refuses to speak slowly or help if needed. I cannot even think to grow or have a career because of the language and this is not nice at all. I hope things will be different instead of being present in meetings where everyone says “we should find new people but please Finnish should be the first language”…. It’s really frustrating 🙁