Redditer: The increasing influx of the "mandarin only" job postings has to stop.

[Tree]

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The increasing influx of the "mandarin only" job postings has to stop.​

It’s increasingly common in Singapore to encounter businesses that operate almost entirely in Mandarin. No English menus, limited English-speaking staff, and environments that feel inaccessible despite Singapore branding itself as a multicultural and English-speaking society.

What’s more concerning is how language requirements are now more often appearing in job postings in ways that seem to sidestep fair hiring principles. Mandarin is often listed even for roles where it doesn’t appear genuinely necessary, which effectively filters out qualified local candidates. See the below screenshots from Google Singapores career page, and casually browsing linkedin. Some are blatant in only wanting to hire foreigners (but as SPR)


This double standard is hard to ignore. A previous job posting asking specifically for Hindi speakers faced major backlash, yet Mandarin requirements in unrelated roles are often treated as normal and unquestioned.

The job market is already tough. It's exacerbated by these firms, then we get called "Not hungry enough"

How can we change this?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

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The increasing influx of the "mandarin only" job postings has to stop.​

It’s increasingly common in Singapore to encounter businesses that operate almost entirely in Mandarin. No English menus, limited English-speaking staff, and environments that feel inaccessible despite Singapore branding itself as a multicultural and English-speaking society.

What’s more concerning is how language requirements are now more often appearing in job postings in ways that seem to sidestep fair hiring principles. Mandarin is often listed even for roles where it doesn’t appear genuinely necessary, which effectively filters out qualified local candidates. See the below screenshots from Google Singapores career page, and casually browsing linkedin. Some are blatant in only wanting to hire foreigners (but as SPR)


This double standard is hard to ignore. A previous job posting asking specifically for Hindi speakers faced major backlash, yet Mandarin requirements in unrelated roles are often treated as normal and unquestioned.

The job market is already tough. It's exacerbated by these firms, then we get called "Not hungry enough"

How can we change this?

If that the case..the job advert should be on the fully Chinese website...

 

[Sustanon]

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The increasing influx of the "mandarin only" job postings has to stop.​

It’s increasingly common in Singapore to encounter businesses that operate almost entirely in Mandarin. No English menus, limited English-speaking staff, and environments that feel inaccessible despite Singapore branding itself as a multicultural and English-speaking society.

What’s more concerning is how language requirements are now more often appearing in job postings in ways that seem to sidestep fair hiring principles. Mandarin is often listed even for roles where it doesn’t appear genuinely necessary, which effectively filters out qualified local candidates. See the below screenshots from Google Singapores career page, and casually browsing linkedin. Some are blatant in only wanting to hire foreigners (but as SPR)


This double standard is hard to ignore. A previous job posting asking specifically for Hindi speakers faced major backlash, yet Mandarin requirements in unrelated roles are often treated as normal and unquestioned.

The job market is already tough. It's exacerbated by these firms, then we get called "Not hungry enough"

How can we change this?

My very very chio CECA Bu teaches me Hindi everyday.... indoctrinate me with CECA culture..... me no worry.... last night I told her that I have a few cute hamsters to show her and she was delighted to go my house and see....... I accidently ravaged 9696 her SBPSBHJ Hindi CB....... opps....... I fully embraced the culture....

 

[True Believer]

It’s increasingly common in Singapore to encounter businesses that operate almost entirely in Mandarin. No English menus, limited English-speaking staff, and environments that feel inaccessible despite Singapore branding itself as a multicultural and English-speaking society. What’s more concerning is how language requirements are now more often appearing in job postings in ways that seem to sidestep fair hiring principles. Mandarin is often listed even for roles where it doesn’t appear genuinely necessary, which effectively filters out qualified local candidates. See the below screenshots from Google Singapores career page, and casually browsing linkedin. Some are blatant in only wanting to hire foreigners (but as SPR) This double standard is hard to ignore. A previous job posting asking specifically for Hindi speakers faced major backlash, yet Mandarin requirements in unrelated roles are often treated as normal and unquestioned.

Please do not blame foreign companies who only wish to hire Hindi and Mandarin speakers. Even in my own company, the S'porean rank and file staff converse in formal and casual settings entirely in Mandarin, effectively shutting out non-Mandarin speakers, which includes many English-educated Chinese S'poreans.

 

[tobelightlight]

I fully embraced the culture...

with a mask.

 

[bobby]

How about insisting that all Sinkies employees must be conversant in our National Language

 

[True Believer]

How about insisting that all Sinkies employees must be conversant in our National Language

When Singlish is thoughtlessly acquired, it will be saved in the long term memory as an acceptable form of English by our children. Their ability to speak Standard English suffers when they spend too much time interacting with others who speak a sub-standard form of the language, since we naturally tend to adopt the speech that is heard most of the time around us.