US ranked second worldwide in job satisfaction among non-native language speakers, survey says
A new study shows the U.S. has one of the highest job satisfaction rates in the world among non-native language speakers, coming in second in a new survey.
Preply, a language learning app, analyzed reviews left by employees on the website Glassdoor to find out which countries and companies offer the best workplace experience.
Glassdoor is a website where current and former employees can review their company anonymously.
The research includes more than 270,000 reviews of companies in 45 countries and 247 cities.
A "top-rated" company, as classified by Preply, means a company with an average rating of four stars or moreas of March 2022.
The study ranked the U.S. as the country with the second-highest job satisfaction among non-native language speakers in the world, after Mexico.
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Which countries score highest for worker satisfaction among non-native language speakers?
Preply searched on Glassdoor for employee reviews that were written in a different language to the native language of the country to figure out the highest worker satisfaction among non-native language speakers.
- Mexico 80.1%
- United States 78.7%
- Canada 74.6%
- New Zealand 74.5%
- Germany 74.4%
The U.S. had one of the biggest differences in reviews left by non-native workers vs. local employees. Nearly 79% of non-native speaking employees had a "great working experience" in the U.S., while only 31.6% of American workers posted positive reviews.
The study assumes those who are non-native speakers are immigrants. Cross-cultural workplace expert Robert Johnson, a lecturer at Regent’s University London, explains why there is such a difference.
"(Immigrants) are usually the best qualified, most capable, most adventurous employees, and they are also likely to be grateful to their company for giving them the opportunity to lead that glamorous lifestyle in one of the world’s great cities," Johnson says in the study.