adewumiopeyemi:
many graduate now want to work in bank..... they think say he easy... i think if u work in a bank are a big boy.. for me i ave many offer to work ina bank... i decline am fast fast... i dont want to be a slavery to them[/b]

bigblackbooty:

Really, u don't want 2 be a slavery to them. Abeg if u nor fit use English use pidgin

lincDzinc:
In 5 years you were a manager?

Houseofglam7:
Banking na glorified slavery na
Most of us fit feed these so called bankers for a year without blinking
Lasisi69, na lie I talk?

emmabest2000:
Bank job worldwide are the same ...

RealLordZeus:
Never knew it's so hard as this

1stCitizen:


Yes. In fact in 4 years I relieved a Manager during his leave. A year later I had my branch. I was very good at my job too.

Lol. How long do you think it took Tony Elumelu and many others in the defunct STB to become an M.D. of a bank at 34 and the others -ED's.

I was even slow then.

Ishilove:
My friend was lamenting yesterday how she works Monday to Saturday, and on public holidays. She also overpaid a customer by 5k, but that 5k is like 500k because her salary is 75k, and by the time she removes logistics and other expenses, the money is gone.

Way back in school I had the opportunity to work with Stanbic but I jumped and passed. A decision I have never regretted.

Banking in Nigeria is akin to slavery.

groomed:
With some simple internet skills, your friend will comfortably sit behind a PC, and bank over 300k if done right! Plus add enough flesh to her skin. Right now, ordinary $300 is more than her salary which VERY VERY easy to make based on current economic revelations and realities.

Nigerians need to embrace freelancing. With her banking experience, she could become a freelance accountant doing bookkeeping for clients around the world and getting paid for it, while also researching and learning more ways to upgrade.

ipledge01:


you said you were very good at your job, does that mean you always meet your target than others?

1stCitizen:


Targets are personal to every staff irrespective of how others meet theirs. Just to set it straight based on the last part of your question. Now let me give you a scenario.

I was once head hunted by 2 new banks that were venturing into my state because of some public sector accounts I brought in and was managing. Please note that this was an oil producing state and the then state chief executive would have moved these accounts to any bank I went

Was I surpassing my target. I leave you to decide.

masciv:
Cousin who is a banker lives like a slave.Goes to work as early as 6am and comes back by 9,10. Earliest she was back was around 8:30. Works Monday-Friday and many times on Saturdays too. Has nothing doing other than banks. Is so lazy and barely does anything else at home cos she always too tired. One day I saw her coming back from work and I was like... Did they beat this girl to stupor or is she just waking up from coma. She wore such a forlorn face I've seen only from people at the IDP camps and other war torn areas. I had to tell her to her face one day...I can never marry someone like you. If I was already engaged and you took up a job like this, I'll break immediately. I don't know if all bankers live like this but jeez she lives like a slave... Only a modern slave you could say.

ipledge01:


wow that's huge, thanks for the reply.

I'm just a recent graduate and I've always love to work in IT department of any financial organization like bank because of my mixed interest in both information technology and finance. this thread has open my eyes.

ladyF:
But you really can't blame people working in banks. It's not like there are so many options to choose from. Running a personal business as an entrepreneur is not easy. For most people, there's no capital to even start.


We blame them
Farming is an option
But ego and pride and laziness no go gree dem
They want to wear suit and tie by force
I have always known if I got a bank job na to save maximumlly not even maximally and enter farm as soon as they see I'm not poshuIng any Stoopid target and sack me
By the time they realize all youths are just queue ing up to collect start up capital dem go Gi diasef brain

But my own argument is this, if you can pitch a bank to customers and make them deposit money, why can't you think of a business idea and pitch to people to raise capital? All these deposit targets is like slave labor, monkey (you) dey work, baboon (bank) dey chop. They will still come and sack you tomorrow. Why not channel your marketing to sell your idea and raise capital? back get brand
Marketer doesn't
They know the bank
They don't know the marketer

Anyway sha... make I go continue to sell my puff-puff and zobo.

It's [size=15pt]LadyF[/size] again

Ishilove:

Tell me more...

company500:
what do you expect when you are being paid over 237k a month as a permanent staff like in Access Bank? You need to work very long hours and meet your targets no matter how big it is. Well I believe their struggle is being compensated with a very big salary. imagine earning over 237k and their management just increased their salaries this week. I think when you consider the big money they are earning every month, the stress they go through is worth it.

Ishilove:

Tell me more...

An0nimus:


Ishi don't tell me you don't know about Freelancing . I can understand if you know but is not interested in it. Tbh, when I see those $100-200 story ghostwriting jobs I remember you and the other beautiful writers we have on NL. Too bad I can't write stories, I for just dey on chills.

Ishilove:

My dear I didn't know o. I thought all these things were fake