babeline:
Its really not fair. All emails sent to him concerning our salaries have been ignored. We do not have his number. Imagine that. I feel so bad. I missed other interviews because of that job. I didn't want to risk what I had for something I wasn't sure I'd get. Now I regret it. Has anyone else had same experience with this company before? If yes, pls share

CashdownNG:


babe, take this from me, all these online companies are mostly like this, truspot,jumia, supermart etc. are all like this. they employ temps, don't give resumption letters and at best give you a contact employment letter....

it's simple from that perspective, desperate people are the easiest to rip off and there's a little you can do from their angle...

next time: take a look at the company activities, are the workers around and about, are they nonchalant in duties etc... the devil is in the details

ATOB:
Babeline, I understand your plight.
I know this man personally and I know the business well.
He is the most loving person you can ever work with.
He isnt tough and evil as you believe.
He is probably going through tough times from your analogy as it is with other businesses in Nigeria.

I suppose he expected more from you and he didnt get it.
All the same I can understand why you feel cheated because of what you experienced there and what effort you might have put into working there.

I believe unarguably that your money will be paid.
Speak with the two other colleagues you met there and see what they say.

All the best.

veralu:
I had a similar xperience but mine was an airline company called first nation, after making me spend close 2 50000k on medicals and police reports, after all d transport fares, to and fro, after over 6wks of training, after writing up to 20 sometin exams, dey threw me away like a piece of rag without any compensation.they spoilt my xmas day and new year day cos I cried a lot, very terrible, I call dis HUMAN EXPLOITATION. We must all fight against it

femidejulius:


Since you know the man personally, ask him what the Op did to make him sack her the way he did. Ask him how many people he has sacked in two months. Ask him why workers in his organization must (be deaf and dump) not talk. Ask him why he would sack the Op without giving her any tangible reason. Ask also if he at a time had over 20 people working for him and why they all left him. Lastly, ask him if the pizza and the drinks he brought the OP was a gift or a send off.

Don't let it be long before you reply the questions I raised. Okay?

femidejulius:


Since you know the man personally, ask him what the Op did to make him sack her the way he did. Ask him how many people he has sacked in two months. Ask him why workers in his organization must (be deaf and dump) not talk. Ask him why he would sack the Op without giving her any tangible reason. Ask also if he at a time had over 20 people working for him and why they all left him. Lastly, ask him if the pizza and the drinks he brought the OP was a gift or a send off.

Don't let it be long before you reply the questions I raised. Okay?

southniyikaye:
He doesn't know the man personally,he is the man!! Read in between the lines naw!! Pls pay the lady her money! Why do u people keep doing this to nigerian's for God's sake? Don't promise what u can't give naw!!

ATOB:


LMAO.
Abeg I no be the man o.
If I were the lady sha I would have gone the Monday after the Sunday to ask for the cash.

babeline:

I wasn't even allowed into the main office suite when I went there for my interview. I was asked to wait outside. Then the interview was conducted in the 2nd office suite (which was empty but I thought everyone had gone out). If I had known they had just 2 employees there, I would have found d whole thing suspicious. Found out only when I started.

adewumiopeyemi:
u are right after 6 month contract u will staff and they increase ur salary depewnd on ur performance i work in jumia... i no hw they do it... see all company give contract ...thgey cant just staff u like that

babeline:
That I know. Like u said 6 months contract right? Well with this company, they said 2 weeks trial, then 3 months probation then they staff u. What's d point of d 2 weeks when after that u r on 3 months probation?? Is it possible to get the best out of someone in 2 weeks? Y sack after the 2 weeks without any major reason? Even cleaning staff was sacked

adewumiopeyemi:
first of all i will ask u hw much is the pay...and theyn want to no hw u can persom in that 3 week trial...before give u a contract remberr all company did nt staff people like that they give contract .. first.. even bank

adewumiopeyemi:
before i started working in jumia i was giving a two day trial.. before giving six month contract.... nw am on my 5 month trial nw...

babeline:


OK they kept u on after 2 days right? Cos they knew it wasn't possible for someone to be perfect within 2 days. They just wanted to know if you would b able to grasp stuff easily. OK for my by the time I was there for 1 week, d boss admitted me n my other colleague were doing well but he wanted us to be "perfect". Second week we put in even more effort cos we wanted to prove ourselves. We did all this with little or no supervision. The other 2 colleagues in d office were praising us even and said we caught on really quick. 2 weeks on d dot d guy sacks us. He didn't give reasons. U get what I mean? The girl cleaning d office was sacked after 2 weeks too. On d dot. U get

ATOB:
Babeline, I understand your plight.
I know this man personally and I know the business well.
He is the most loving person you can ever work with.
He isnt tough and evil as you believe.
He is probably going through tough times from your analogy as it is with other businesses in Nigeria.

I suppose he expected more from you and he didnt get it.
All the same I can understand why you feel cheated because of what you experienced there and what effort you might have put into working there.

I believe unarguably that your money will be paid.
Speak with the two other colleagues you met there and see what they say.

All the best.

adewumiopeyemi:
the problem is that your bos doesnt ave the money to pay u guys he does nt no hw to tell u that why.. and by the way hw much is the pay then

kingthreat:
You should have visited their website before accepting employment. Those guys wanted to be like jumia but lacked both the intelligence and moneh to. Sorry babe. The Nigerian system enables bosses to use and dump you.

babeline:


U know d company? Many people don't. I did check d website but thought it was under construction lol

damola1:
Unfortunately, it's a rat race for all parties concerned. From what you wrote above, I deduce the following

The owner is very unhappy not because of you, but because he's 2 offices empty with rent running out and a business that is not looking too bright, probably a lot of debt also. All those 40 employees didn't disappear, he couldn't afford them also, the business model he chose didn't produce enough profit to pay them, so most of them didn't really get other jobs, they just stopped coming. Sorry, you got caught up, he's only trying to see what he can do to revive the entire process. And unfortunately, like the guy above said, he just couldn't afford you guys.

One of the biggest problems in the Nigerian business terrain is lack of investors, Jumia and Konga, got investors from overseas thats why they can float, it doesn't mean they are profitable yet but at least, they don't have to worry like your former employer, for almost every other player, they've to rely on personal resources, family and friends, which is not only small, but also almost not enough cos, they still have to make a lot of mistakes before they stabilize.

No doubt what the owner did is wicked, but he's only doing it the best way he thinks. I pray he finds his feet. And for you, I say, if one door doesn't close, another wouldn't open, expect open doors soon!.. Guaranteed!

Kc2swit:





This, obviously, is the cheating, dubious and heartless employer that played you.....or his very crony. such rogues have close feelers on forums, and are themselves lurking around to know when their evils are exposed.