Time and attitude are great virtues we need to submit ourselves to.
I remember doing my IT at one QC lab in Lagos, and they were paying us 2k per month. N2,000 for 30 days! My Tfare daily was N600 from Bariga to Ketu.
Nonetheless, my attitude to work was always 100. A thread.
I remember doing my IT at one QC lab in Lagos, and they were paying us 2k per month. N2,000 for 30 days! My Tfare daily was N600 from Bariga to Ketu.
Nonetheless, my attitude to work was always 100. A thread.
I'd resume early, put myself to good use. Work my socks off, and respect my superior. Great attitude.
Not like they didn't have the money, they just didn't want to give us. Our clients were Dangote, Friesland, Mobil, One Lebanese Bakery in Wemco, and many other big names.
Not like they didn't have the money, they just didn't want to give us. Our clients were Dangote, Friesland, Mobil, One Lebanese Bakery in Wemco, and many other big names.
Month end, they'd give us N2,000 and I'd be beaming with grateful smiles while counting my cash. Never complained.
When they noticed, they started feeling guilty. I think. The other guy, a 1st class student from UI didn't really care about the work. Baba was passing time.
When they noticed, they started feeling guilty. I think. The other guy, a 1st class student from UI didn't really care about the work. Baba was passing time.
So they wanted to compensate me for my hard work despite the pay. They didn't want to raise my guy's pay or spoil company policy.
So they made a smart move. They started sending me to pick up samples at our clients. Here's how that worked.
So they made a smart move. They started sending me to pick up samples at our clients. Here's how that worked.
They sent me to Apapa to pick up samples from Dangote Sugar. They gave me N2,000 as Transport Fare. I spent N800 to fro, & returned N1,200. They said 'change is yours'. That's how I started making money from change. My salary was still 2k but I made over 30k a month from errands.
What I'm most grateful about that experience was the fact that it became even clearer to me that I wasn't going to do the "Food Analysis" I thought I loved, full time. This journalist would have been stuck in some lab, doing ash test, protein content, and so one.
Two things:
1. Employer, Pay your staff a fair wage.
2. Employee, No matter what you're paid, always bring your A-Game.
Attitude is everything.
Time has shown that I won't be in N2k forever.
Time and attitude have good stories to tell. Remember that.
The End.
1. Employer, Pay your staff a fair wage.
2. Employee, No matter what you're paid, always bring your A-Game.
Attitude is everything.
Time has shown that I won't be in N2k forever.
Time and attitude have good stories to tell. Remember that.
The End.
One of those days, after a horrible day at work & on the road, I wrote this article on my experience with the Nigeria Police Force. Reading it now, it feels very juvenile but it's beautiful to observe the growth. On this day I really wanted to stop the IT. saharareporters.com/2011/11/19/nig…
