35% of workers with regional accents feel judged at work, finds Zurich UK
31% said they felt they needed to change or soften their accent in the office to sound more professional.
The latest research from Zurich UK found that 36% of workers with a regional accent felt judged for it at work.
31% said they felt they needed to change or soften their accent in the office to sound more professional.
14% had taken elocution lessons to avoid judgement.
13% of people with a regional dialect said they had heard negative comments about the way they speak, or had their accent mimicked by a recruiter or hiring manager.
16% said they suffered from accent anxiety which stopped them speaking up at work.
19% believed their accent had held them back in their career and made them feel less intelligent than their colleagues.
23% felt most self-conscious about their accent at work, while 32% said people made assumptions about their character or ability based on how they sound.
Received Pronunciation (RP) was rated the most suitable accent for the workplace at 76%.
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