Thread by @aeckay

So a couple of days back, @Mochievous tweeted about the unflattering attitude of majority of Nigerian Employees towards work.

This is very true.

But I want to point out a few reasons why. Not making an excuse, but identifying the root cause.

I’m focusing on graduates.

Thread.

There are two types of working class graduates in Nigeria.
A. Those who got into multinationals/structured/semi-structured organizations upon graduation and

B. Those who experienced Nigerian Employers especially in Sole Proprietorship and Partnerships.

A represents maybe 10%

Group A are the most well behaved employees in Nigeria because they started out well in an environment that respects your person, your time and in most cases, pays you a lot of money.

A work environment on auto pilot, you do certain things, you leave even as the CEO.

I remember during NYSC I told my friends at the camp that I won’t take a job that won’t pay me atleast 150k.
Some shared the same enthusiasm.

It took me about 3years and the grace of God to near that kind of amount.

Can’t say the same for those that joined Shell and NLNG

I remember talking abt work with @cremechic11 n she asked if Lawyers get commissions for briefs. I told her “Yes” but you might have to follow up.

I wanted to explain but she told me not to worry that she had worked in a place where you have to follow up to get your salary.

Most offices, the BOSS picks a fight around 28th/29th of the month with the staff.
So by 30th even the most senior staff cannot ask.
Salary comes like 5th or 14th.

Or when salary is being owed and the boss will still tell the secretary to book a flight for his babe to Dubai.

In most law offices, they did not born you well to leave work by 6pm.
Except Ofcourse when your boss travels.

Nobody is dying oo, but you have to work until 10pm and send the work to a senior partner who won’t look at the work for another 2weeks.

Or is it when they will tell you “just use your money” and then you are back at the office trying to recover money spent on office assignment as if they are dashing you Christmas money.

I could go on and on..
I can tweet 100 unfair treatments employees get.

Then there are start-ups by people who have sense. But they can’t poach people from Shell and Google.

So guess who they hire?
Chukwudi from Tunde & Co.

That one has PTSD from his former place and is trying to show you that he can’t be treated anyhow - by acting anyhow.

A friend of mine who is a head of function at a multi-national was telling me that they hire senior people with years of experience but spend most of the time saying “we don’t do that here” because of their background.

I mean.. people that should know better.

I remember swearing to @OrjiUka that no employer can keep me beyond closing hours against my wish - he just laughed.

I’ve left the office at 10:30 before and I was grumbling to myself because it happened again and I didn’t go anything.

In most law offices, people just kuku relax during the day and start doing real work from like 12 - 2 because even if you finish your work by 4pm, they did not born you well to leave the office.

Where are you going to?
Better sit down and pretend to be busy.

Whereas, when you gist your friends in Multinationals and working abroad about your work and life here, it sounds exactly how it is when you are gisting Abuja or Sokoto people about Lagos.

They will even advise you to resign.

But Shey it’s sand Someone will eat?

Employees in Nigeria are anyhow honestly. Even in our anyhowness, your colleague will still do something that will shock you... but in most cases, they are just matching the employee’s energy or it’s PTSD from past employers.

OR

Lack of training.

I won’t talk abt civil servants.
Every time a non civil Servant goes into a government office to get things done, he or she leaves with the regret that they do not possess the power to sack one or two people.

So let’s just forget.

God save us
And let’s do better - from the top