Meringe: my dear. banking job is the beginning of your woes if you dont plan once you got the job. I have many friends who are ex bankers , some are doing well while some are still struggling to survive.
lemme tell you one reason while some are still struggling to survive outside the banking job. Once you have saved alot of money to quit your slave job, when you are out, a lot of advices and proposals will come your way through friends you made while in the system. if you are interested in the business, go into details, i mean go into DETAILS, no matter how lucrative the proposal is, do not fail to go into details. DO NOT RUSH INTO IMPORTATION, if you must import, go inside the market, learn the business at least 6months, rent a shop, buy from local importers first, then after 2 or 3 times of buying from the local importers then you can plan on importing your own goods.
So many of exbankers got trapped by importing goods which they dont know about and their money got trapped too.
REMEMBER TO RENT A SHOP AND START FROM DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUSINESS.

Jeezyy: I just love bank job

Smile4mee01: I am currently a banker and have worked as a banker for about 4 yrs. I often dream of life outside banking, to be sincere i don’t love what i do, but that is what pays my bills. I recently moved to one of the top banks in Nigeria, but over here it is still the same sh*t. Even worse here is that I work 24/7, trust me, every day of the week. And it is beginning to hurt. I have no time for the things i love, i go to church sparingly, i am not growing, my life just seem to be all about work. It’s not funny anymore. I don taya.

Some collegues seem to have reached their comfort zone, I desire to be a business man/Investor, but this job is not even giving me time to try other things.
So to my ex-bankers, How is life outside banking? Did you wish you left earlier, or do u have regrets for leaving? There should be more to life than Banking. Abeg resign

bebechuks: Abeg resign hoha!

gboss4sure: I do pity bankers a lot, they must have one of the most boring life, always in the bank attending to those crowds everyday, some even work 247. Kai no time to flex ur life. Seriously it pays to be the ceo.

peppy luv: If you have nothing to say pls put a chewing stick into that dirty mouth of urs cuz u can't afford a tooth brush until ur oduduwa divides! Ewu Gambia!!

GentleMimi: ....You hv access to business info so u aint handicapped....

collynzo2: Calling him Ewu Gambia is an insult to Gambians. I don't think they will want to be associated with an animal like him.

oluwacjay: firstly I don't think banks work from sunday to sunday except u are in charge of the ATM. Even if u re,its just to check, access and load the machine which is not a whole day thing. Also, checking of batches Which is exceptional.....Those that work in oil n gas sector most especially operations are on the go sunday to sunday except they are on shift. So whatever job or career you want start,make sure the passion is there,you are happy with it and most important create time for your creator..

Bro unemployment is a bad tin. I used to tink like u untill I got a bank job we're I work 24/7. Sometimes, I'm too weak to wake on monday after workin on sunday. I wonder why I wld work sunday to sunday & weda mgt is cool wit it. If had known dose yrs I was unemployed I wld hav used it 2 do smetin even if its a small biz venture. Howeva d bank has provided jobs 4 pple wit nothin, but dnt be 2 comfy wit it. because I wrk sunday 2 sunday, my life is restricted 2 d office & even wen ders a biz opportunity, u jst find out dat its pple tryin 2 dupe u cos dey knw u dnt hav d time 2 research on d biz. God dey it will get better 4 me & oda bankers wokin 7 days a week.

Slavery in the City: Death of 21-year-old intern Moritz Erhardt at Merrill Lynch sparks furore over long hours and macho culture at banks.

Young German worked until 6am for three consecutive days before collapse at home in east London

Serious concerns have been raised tonight about the punishing hours endured by interns at City investment banks following the death of a young Bank of America Merrill Lynch employee.

Moritz Erhardt, 21, was nearing the end of a seven-week internship in London when he collapsed at home after working until 6am for three days in a row.





His body was discovered by his flatmates. The circumstances of his death are unknown, but police are not treating them as suspicious. Some reports suggested that Mr Erhardt, from Freiburg, south-west Germany, was epileptic.

Around 300 interns working at various banks stay at the Claredale House student accommodation complex in Bethnal Green in east London for between seven and 10 weeks over the summer. One intern, who did not want to be named, told The Independent those in Mr Erhardt’s investing banking division group faced the longest hours.

He said: “We all work long hours, but the guys working regularly until 3am or 4am are those in investment banking. People working in markets will have to be in at 6am but not stay as late, so what time you can leave the office depends on your division.

“You’re only doing it for up to 10 weeks so there’s a general acceptance of it. I see many people wandering around, blurry-eyed and drinking caffeine to get through but people don’t complain because the potential rewards are so great. We’re competing for some very well-paid jobs.”

More from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/slavery-in-the-city-death-of-21yearold-intern-moritz-erhardt-at-merrill-lynch-sparks-furore-over-long-hours-and-macho-culture-at-banks-8775917.html

$ammy:
I was a banker for 6yrs, I came to work one morning and found out i could not log on to my system as i do every morning. I was asked to resign for doing absolutely nothing wrong. The worst part is that i was one of those bankers without a saving culture. I however took a decision that i was done with banking, so instead of looking 4 another bankg job, i got some support and started a firm. So far, so good with me. The firm is growing, started with just one staff, now i have 4 and i have my peace of mind.
Banking is just like a learning ground, the aggresiveness we use to mkt the bank's products, just try putting half that effort into ur own biz and watch it grow.Personally, i have no regrets not going back to banking as i am currently earning just as much as i was, i have lesser expenses (I no longer have to buy tm shirts,designer shoes and suits and also all my regular taxers have pipped down) , i have all the time in the world, i haven't been harassed (insulted)by anyone in a long time,I'm an employer of labour, the firm still has potentials to grow bigger and bigger and i don't miss any of the banking politics. Banking however is a good learning ground as it will instill passion, integrity,confidence and aggresiveness in you. Just plan your exit properly so that you won't be caught unawares as in my case.

Smile4mee01: I am currently a banker and have worked as a banker for about 4 yrs. I often dream of life outside banking, to be sincere i don’t love what i do, but that is what pays my bills. I recently moved to one of the top banks in Nigeria, but over here it is still the same sh*t. Even worse here is that I work 24/7, trust me, every day of the week. And it is beginning to hurt. I have no time for the things i love, i go to church sparingly, i am not growing, my life just seem to be all about work. It’s not funny anymore. I don taya.

Some collegues seem to have reached their comfort zone, I desire to be a business man/Investor, but this job is not even giving me time to try other things.
So to my ex-bankers, How is life outside banking? Did you wish you left earlier, or do u have regrets for leaving? There should be more to life than Banking.

cramjones: Oduduwa Republic controls Nigeria"s financial System...its going to grow once Nigeria divides so stay fast bro!