Hello Priscilla,

I’m fighting the same battle as you are, and can relate. It is hard not to take things personally. It’s hard when you’re not given chances to advance in a job because you’re an immigrant, outsider, people automatically judging English isn’t your first language because you’re not of a certain skin colour (my personal experiences). I’ve gritted my teeth through them all. Vented about these situations to the people I’m close to.

Unfortunately some people are trolls who get satisfaction by making other people miserable –> the most important question is, are you going to give them the satisfaction? No way! I learnt not to take what people said seriously unless their actions proved what they said, they’d do. My current working environment consists of a number of people who speak “well”, but act poorly.

You sound like you’ve been working at your current job for a number of years now. What is it about your current job that makes you want to continue working there, if I may ask? I’m tolerating my current job because I want more experience in that field (I’ve been fighting to enter that field for years now, so I’m really tolerating what I’m currently experiencing at work). That’s what drives me.

Hana