Ugosample: There are many ignorant people on this thread. For those who haven't been to India, know today that they are workaholics. Even the children are not left out. I know a garment shop in which these children work 75 hours every week and are paid $20 for the same period. And this is serious work,no arbitrary breaks. Anyone saying that a sizeable % of Nigerians, especially the youth ain't lazy, that person is delusional.

AjanleKoko: Indian bosses are not bad.
It's Nigerian employees who are lazy.

Ugosample: There are many ignorant people on this thread. For those who haven't been to India, know today that they are workaholics. Even the children are not left out. I know a garment shop in which these children work 75 hours every week and are paid $20 for the same period. And this is serious work,no arbitrary breaks. Anyone saying that a sizeable % of Nigerians, especially the youth ain't lazy, that person is delusional.

holyvirgin: I can't believe some of you are hailing those Indians gosh... Those guys from third world country, with little education and terrible grammer shouldn't be allowed to boss any Nigerian. They are disrespectful, saucy, lazy and not professionals at all.
The annoying part is that as a Nigerian working in any Indian company, don't expect promotions. Oh yes your salary MIGHT be increased a little but you can never rise to the position of manager instead they will go back to india, employ another indian who knows nothing about the job to lord over you despite the rise in unemployment.

I don't pray any of you to work with indians abeg....

slightlyMad:

i work very hard so i think it is grand theft when i pay you 100% salary to work for 30days
and you skip some days, because you have to take your mom to the hospital (the usual line used by all of them)

you see, it's an agreement, you have to fulfill ur end for me to fulfill mine.
capish!

Ugosample: There are many ignorant people on this thread. For those who haven't been to India, know today that they are workaholics. Even the children are not left out. I know a garment shop in which these children work 75 hours every week and are paid $20 for the same period. And this is serious work,no arbitrary breaks. Anyone saying that a sizeable % of Nigerians, especially the youth ain't lazy, that person is delusional.

Italiano1:

There is no correlation between my response to Sagamite and what you have just said.

I hold you in high stead but I totally disagree with your generalisation that Nigerian workers are lazy- with all respect, that statement is ridiculous! You are Nigerian, are you a lazy worker?

mrjingles: I noticed no one has called Indian bosses LAZY or UNPRODUCTIVE which is what counts in a private business. You may not like them but one thing you can say is that they are very hard working, unfortunately the average Nigerian worker comes with a sense of entitlement (some even feel entitled to steal their employers blind). You may call them mean and unkind but the office is not a place to find love and be cuddled, if you want that go home to your mother. Of course there is also the option to quit.

A dangerous culture of moaning whining and complaining has crept into our lives, Indians as a nation are DOERS, we are sliding into a nation of TALKERS. We moan and complain about the government, our leaders, our bosses, if not for all these "wicked" people our lives would be heaven. That's just a lot of BS, a man uses millions and tons of sweat to set up a business and some clown comes along expecting to NOT do his job and get paid? I will kick your bum! If you want a kind boss why not set your own business and handout big money for no work to your staff?

AjanleKoko:

Hmm.
Pardon me, I can't even remember in what context I made that comment.
But as per my generalization. Well, yes, I used to be a lazy worker, up to a point. 6-10 years ago, my level of social awareness was probably such that I would join in the condemnation of Indian or Lebanese or Chinese workers and employers. Like most of you, I preferred to focus on the specks in their eyes, rather than the beam in mine.

But after progressing up the corporate ladder and making a foray into entrepreneurship, I can say with all sense of responsibility: Nigerians are lazy workers, 99% of the time.

We are very entitled, have little or no passion for anything we do, and are totally fixated on monetary gain. Most times we don't even pay attention to simple rote responsibilities, but would rather enforce our negative views and attitudes in the workplace.
The worst of it is, we are mostly cowards, and would not stand up for each other, or what we believe in, when we are working for these Indians or Lebanese, or Chinese people. All we do is skulk into corners and complain.
Nigerians complain about every type of boss, foreigner or Nigerian. I have come to believe that a Nigerian worker would only be happy if you paid a very good wage and asked very little of him by way of responsibility. If possible don't ask for anything, just pay them.

birdman:

99% is an exaggeration, but what you described is not unique to Nigerians. If anything, the only person to blame here is you - you obviously are not doing due dilligence in your hiring practices.

AjanleKoko:

More denial and righteous indignation. It's okay, I understand

Chinaimporter:

[size=18pt]indians are not even leaders in their country
The de facto ruler of india is an italian woman sonia gandhi.that shows you their inferiority complex.in arabia,indians are regarded as shity,dirty,meek ppl with very tiny man rod[/size]

sCun: Are you not a Nigerian in the UK? What busniness have you set up yourself? Armchair critic.

ooshinibos: Here comes your answer to all :
Africans complain of discrimination in Mumbai, India
Sheeba Rani has been ostracised by many friends and relatives for marrying Nigerian Sambo Davis
Africans staying in and around India's commercial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), complain of indiscriminate racism and constant police harassment, reports the BBC's Zubair Ahmed.

Nigerian Sambo Davis is married to an Indian woman and lives in Mumbai.

All his documents are valid, but he was arrested by the police recently on suspicion of being a drug dealer.

He and 30 other black Africans were detained for hours before they were let off with an apology.

But the following day, Mr Davis said that he was shocked to read in local newspapers that they were "arrested for drug peddling".

"The police treat us Africans like dogs," he says.

Mr Davis claims he often faces discrimination when he goes to restaurants or when he tries to rent an apartment in gated middle-class communities.

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Ikeorah Junior

Nigerian cafe owner in Mumbai
But he is nevertheless one of the lucky ones. He found a decent flat to rent, thanks to his Indian wife.

But his fellow countrymen, he says, still face discrimination: "When they go to rent flats in a normal building they are told - 'you are a black man, you are Nigerian, and you are not wanted'. This is racism."

'Hide and seek'

There is no official data on how many Africans live in Mumbai, but since India's economic progress gathered momentum in recent years, many have come to work in and around the city. Unofficial estimates put their numbers at more than 5,000.

Most of them are engaged in exporting garments to Nigeria and other African countries.

Many others are students, enrolled in the region's prestigious educational institutions.

But there are also hundreds of Africans, mostly Nigerians, who live as illegal immigrants in India. They have either "lost" their passports or their visas have "expired".

Every day, these people play hide-and-seek with the police - if they are caught, they are sent to jail.

Ikeorah Junior from Lagos runs a cafe for Africans in a crowded market on Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road.

"I don't understand why they [police] have to go from house to house to arrest the people who don't have their papers. If they don't have papers, then deport them, don't put them in jail," he says.

Ahmed Javed, who is in charge of maintaining law and order in the state of Maharashtra, says it is not that simple: "In most cases they have no passports. So, unless their nationalities are determined, they cannot be deported."

Dozens of Africans have taken up residence on Mira Road, a dusty, nondescript town just outside Mumbai.

One "illegal immigrant" there asked me for money, claiming he had not eaten for two days.

He looked worried and told me that he had been approached by drug dealers to work for them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21826366

T'base:
yeah man they are terible in victoria island they's this india owned company which employs only females but before hiring them they First fu**ck this ladys to shred discusting bastards they are there was a certain Time i saw a tape of this indians 3 of them taking turns on one of my friend a girl if not for lack money i could have sue thier asse***s

AjanleKoko:

Hmm.
Pardon me, I can't even remember in what context I made that comment.
But as per my generalization. Well, yes, I used to be a lazy worker, up to a point. 6-10 years ago, my level of social awareness was probably such that I would join in the condemnation of Indian or Lebanese or Chinese workers and employers. Like most of you, I preferred to focus on the specks in their eyes, rather than the beam in mine.

But after progressing up the corporate ladder and making a foray into entrepreneurship, I can say with all sense of responsibility: Nigerians are lazy workers, 99% of the time.

We are very entitled, have little or no passion for anything we do, and are totally fixated on monetary gain. Most times we don't even pay attention to simple rote responsibilities, but would rather enforce our negative views and attitudes in the workplace.
The worst of it is, we are mostly cowards, and would not stand up for each other, or what we believe in, when we are working for these Indians or Lebanese, or Chinese people. All we do is skulk into corners and complain.
Nigerians complain about every type of boss, foreigner or Nigerian. I have come to believe that a Nigerian worker would only be happy if you paid a very good wage and asked very little of him by way of responsibility. If possible don't ask for anything, just pay them.

Sagamite:

Even if this rubbish is true, which I guess it is not, they forced the girls?

rigormortis:

mr. sagamite are you sympathetic towards Indians?

Ugosample: you have some valid points, although i don't agree that we're slaves anyway. We're just lazy. Ask people arround the last time they read an educational book, when last he/she watched discovey or nat geo. In my axis, many adults and young people don't care. But they prefer wasting too much time on things of litte epistemic value. That has to change.

InvertedHammer:

Nigerians go everywhere and protest maltreatment by their hosts. But once in Nigeria, they become dormant and bend over backwards
to be rimmed by the politicians. The students have been home all these while watching tv, chatting away their lives and indulging in all kinds of life-wasting activities. You will never see them get together and match to Abuja and demand for justice. NO! That will be too much to ask.
Can you imagine that during the petrol crisis last year, the mammoth crowd was running away from policemen? Unbelievable! The reverse
should have been the case.

The rot in Nigeria goes on because the "dictators" in power know that every Nigerian loves life more than anything. They will rather live in penury than fight back at oppressors. It is a well-established trend.

Talking of Indians....a good case study will be a police case between an Indian and a Nigerian in Nigeria. Who do you think the police will pay attention to? An Indian can easily run a Nigerian out of Nigeria. Only in Nigeria! How low can people get?

AjanleKoko:

Hmm.
Pardon me, I can't even remember in what context I made that comment.
But as per my generalization. Well, yes, I used to be a lazy worker, up to a point. 6-10 years ago, my level of social awareness was probably such that I would join in the condemnation of Indian or Lebanese or Chinese workers and employers. Like most of you, I preferred to focus on the specks in their eyes, rather than the beam in mine.

But after progressing up the corporate ladder and making a foray into entrepreneurship
.

LeJeun3: Lots of people commenting here are pretty myopic about life matters. If you have personal working experience with Indians you will understand that what is bad is bad............... If you have seen Indians reward someone come and talk to me

Sagamite:

I am very sympathetic towards common sense.

I am too intelligent to be doing "Us vs Them".

Sagamite:

Then either refuse to work for them or, if you are working for them, quit.

rigormortis:

well said,

but the topic still remains true

Beennkumar:
$20 = Rs. 1,254/week = Rs. 5,016/month (approximately)

If you read properly, you'd see he mentioned that it was the salary of children working at a garment store.

Now, do you have any idea what Rs. 5,000 can get you in India? Or do you think it's the same as N5,000?

Sagamite:

If Nigerians can stop spending thousands of pounds/dollars to go abroad to study in many irreputable places, only to go back to Nigeria to beg for a job, and they instead put their money in a business, then they would not need to work for Indians for peanuts.

We need to start creating a generation that thinks about creating businesses, not seeking jobs. A generation that is willing to start from scratch and patiently make it, instead of looking for instant jackpot.

iyobs7:

Thank God you are still viewing the topic and will be proud of your achievements as per bein a Nigerian that is better than an Indian which I dont dispute. But my stress lies in the fact that Indian Educational system is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than what we have in Nigeria.

I seriously hate hypocrite.

If you were so good and I bliv u are in the IT field, a graduate and has or still doing his masters and you cannot write a PROGRAM or use PYTHON and u come on nairaland for assistance, then I can imagine the kind of education you had.

Majority of the things u use in Nigeria are made in India.
You are in UK, please do and come and better Naija with ur Knowledge. Indian education is bad and OJB ran to India and loads of Nigerians are in India for medical cases.

India is not good and they boast of the Best Dr's and Scientist in the world and where is Nigeria.

Oh wait Dr Ben Carson is a Nigerian abi...

STOP BEIN A HYPOCRITE