Bankers' Forum

Banking! oh i love this job.

No pain, no gain!!!

I really wish u all would have fun at your jobs, I understand the stress of it, especially if it's not what u studied or no where close to what u studied, I myself would be satisfied as a banker because I love the challenge it gives, Am still in my undergrad year and would finish in April, Am studying accounting and I love it,  Not everyone is cut for the job, if u find it too stressful then leave and do something that u like, I don't believe in doing things just for the money, so I really hope u all learn to love your job,

P.s. don't go looking for a job, always get a career, in a career your doing what u like and making money, in a job your Just. Over. Broke.   

@ LondonCool

How do they overwhelm u with loans? 

Why would u accept such loans?
Am sure u have a choice.

Take your salary and work your way up from there. You should be able to buy your own clothes, house, and other things from your salary, if u take the loans then your buying from your salary and it's not their fault.

Generally it's on u, not on them, cause am sure they don't hold a gun to anyone's head.

Well as concerns loans, sure you have a choice, They don't force them on you. Nonetheless, I love what I do, don't have much of a life outside the office, because I spend most of it inside the office. I'm in the ICT section, it's gruelling

Hi all,
Who said banking is stressful? Then quit and go work as a civil servant where u can go haome at 2pm n get peanuts at month end which isn't even regular,
No pain, no gain,
Every good job comes with crazy targets and unbelievable deadlines.
I can't leave this job for any other except Oil n gas industry, not even telecoms,
The point is you are well paid for the stress,  So thank God for the job you have.
Cheers.

Bet u guys heard of UBAs' N21B PAT?? whats your view??

hi guys,am new in this forum,being tryiing to post a topic but i can't find it  anywhere.please help

@janami


You're quite right about that.  I think the problem with them is that they have too many customers.  I opened my account at that branch and every time I go there, the place is always crowded.  Hopefully, that will no longer be much of a problem anymore since they just opened a new branch at Federal Estate (close to Gate B/stop, along Ipaja road).

all well paying jobs are stressful, u gots 2 earn d salary. LOL consulting is even more stressful than banking
even the so called oil companies my friend that works in Oando leaves the office at 9pm on d average, sometimes later and sometimes earlier,

It is called 'Work hard.Play hard'.
That's why we get paid salaries that others can only dream of. So that u can go on leave, travel the world and enjoy the pay!

But if u really enjoy the work, the stress is nothing. Afterall some people endure much more stress and get paid pittance at the end of the day.

   I Thank God for being a banker.

My piece on bank job. I was there for 5 years, the pay was good, the stress worth the pay or vice versa but …the 'long hours' was 'much ado about little' really.

The truth of the matter is,  its not all those looooong hours that are spent working. Like I said in my introduction, I'D been in the system and anyone who wants to claim he works really hard  from 8am to 8pm should come boldly and say it on this thread. I worked in different branches and departments of my former bank before I left and I saw things. Not only that, I had (still do have) friends in banks and we compare notes. Hectic as the job was made to look, we still had time to play computer games. I think bank management should stop deceiving themselves by equating long hours with hard work.

I had a couple of friends who, after they  would  have been chased out of the office to go for marketing, would make some calls here and there and then go and spend some hours at home before returning to the office (some of course do their private runs), why?, they must not be seen in the office but when they come back laaaaate, they will be seen as 'working hard'.

The above now makes the ogas themselves, the policy makers to, portray a 'busy' outlook. Some DGMs/AGMs spend their evenings browsing and making personal calls. Ive worked closely with some of them and I know what am saying. My regional head then, would go out for marketing, from there go and do her nails, hair, visit friends and relatives and end at home. She would come back around 7pm (by now you now she is invigorated) and the earliest time she would close was usually 9pm! Managers and officers who wanted to report the day's activities to her would have waited tire, hurriedly she would spend like one hour with them and the other hour she'D call her children in Europe, her friends in America, cousins and nieces in Asia and browse the net for personal purpose. She would intermittently   walked   around the premises so that she would be seen as working 'hard'. In fairness to her, she was meeting and sometimes surpassing her targets, but it was obvious (to those of us close to her) that it wasn't a result of loooong work hours. She had her strategies which were working well for her but it is not WORKING LATE. What am I saying? Banks should endeavour to power down at 7pm latest. Whatever you have to do must be over with by 7. There may be times when working late be required but it shouldn't be the rule. Remember these guys have to come to work the following morning. A beg, let them have sound health to enjoy the (armed robber) salary they are being paid.

i qiut first bank 2003, and now God had helped me to get a lecturing job, the bank work is kind of crazy, i only went into it after service then as per nothing to do, i later found out it was like torture for me, even though i do earn a bit less than i should be earning if i was there up till now, i still thank God, i really appreciate all my guys and friends at gtb, uba, oceanic and zenith, may God keep u strong, i really appreciate all u go through believe me because i have beign there before

@oceanic bankers

Congratulations !  Your darling bank has won the prestigeous Bank of The Year award from The Financial Times,London(I think)

2nd consecutive year for that matter.

Question is,

When will your FY results be out, ? ,

Sorry! I didn't get the topic, was it OCEANIC BANK'S FORUM or BANKER'S FORUM. These Oceanic guys should take their marketing elsewhere and allow us to enjoy discussions aon this thread.
This is a WARNING! It's a red-eye warning! (Sorry Wyclef for borrowing your line)

And you wey get bank job de complain, nobody force to go work there, if you no like the work, then take a dive in the Atlantic and stop pissing me off. Haba! People de sufa find work, you get work de complain. Afta now, una go de quote MILLIONS p. a. fro salary and you no wan work.

Make una just SHUT UP! before I go vex o!