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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American born daughter and granddaughter of teachers, and I also think your grammar/ spacing / commas seem fine.

What is your accent? I have noticed that some accents are met with disgust and some are met with intrigue.

Examples: French = love, but Indian = hate

Are your weekly one-on-ones in writing? Can you ask her to show you in writing where your grammar is not correct? Definitely keep looking for a new job.[/quote]

Thank you. My accent is Albanian, so Eastern European. Some comments from weekly one-on-ones are in writing, yes. I am the only foreign person in the group and am often not included in post-work social gatherings (which I have no hard feelings about). However, as the new manager has hired more people whom she knew from her past social/professional life, I think she has viewed me as an outsider. I suspect that is spilling over into my work (with me being singled out for my language & communication skills) and is actually the driving force for trying to find a way to get rid of me.[/quote]

Yeah, Eastern European accents are harsh- sounding to Americans. Nobody thinks German is a romantic language, for example. You may not be able to tell this, but is your accent thick? Eh you know what? Fuck that. It doesn't matter since you're not doing customer service. Gather all the weekly one-on-one reviews that are in writing and make sure you use commas properly when writing large numbers. I think, from a legal standpoint, that this would be a very hard case to prove. You might be right, but proving you're right might be difficult. Where I work, there's no shame in always asking a coworker to review your work for errors. Do you have a(n American) coworker you can ask to review things that are going out? We do this consistently and nobody minds and everyone would rather take the two minutes to make sure nothing goes out with mistakes. Keep looking for another job.[/quote]

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