I believe Intercontinental bank Personnel managers should be sacked for what many are complaining about - poor services, inability of the cashiers and other staffs.

it seems they are bias in recruiting staffs.

, but expect more corruption from banks soon.

The Nigerian banking system in general is a heap of dirt anyway.

They do not do any real investments but depend on large deposits from oil companies
and individuals.

They simply engage in 'legal' pyramid schemes where they pay withdrawals with new deposits and
hope it continues forever.

they text customers and charge them for it, they also charge you for withdrawing your own money.

Nigeria just gets things wrong all the time especially if it requires a bit of grey matter.
shame.

I once worked for them,
Thank God i left on 'time'.
That place is a real mad house, unrealistic targets for both the staff and the bank
Let Stanbic take over abeg.
Intercontinental Sucks
GTB Rocks

Nothing last 4ever.bad times for those sack but good times are coming again.For those sacked workers rejoice & re-focus,ur life is more than the bank.The ill wind sweeping accross the country will stop someday & employment will come in torrent again.
JUST CURIOUS WAS THIS NOT THE SAME BANK THAT TOOK AERIAL PHOTO OF JB SEEKERS SOME 2 ,3 YRS BACK

There will not be a bank with the name "INTERCONTINENTAL BANK" again by the end of the year. They will be swallowed by a foreign bank.

The 1182 victims have already been sacked. Check today (2nd March) dailies for details.

yes o

Here we go again! Labour market don dey over laboured o.

Why do people in Nigeria always use the word "SACKED" when people are laid off?

Employees are SACKED in cases of gross misconduct or other negative acts while at work.

They are made REDUNDANT when an employer cant afford their services any more, which is obviously the case here. Any school kid in the UK, USA, etc knows this.

'Being sacked' is a very disparaging statement - while I'm not a spokesperson or customer of this bank, I dont relish in the misfortunes of others. None of us should.

Too bad!

Why are other banks like GTB, diamondbank not sacking workers? It only shows the problem is not with sanusi, the problems is with past management of the bank, management who took the lives of their staffs and the money of the depositors for granted

manony:

Why are other banks like GTB, diamondbank not sacking workers? It only shows the problem is not with sanusi, the problems is with past management of the bank, management who took the lives of their staffs and the money of the depositors for granted

Guys pls reason well, they say he who pays the piper dictates the tune
Sanusi appointed new management staff for the "rescued" banks
So does it not imply that these banks are being micro managed by the same man who is now giving the directives to those banks not to give any further loans to customers and to sack most of their staff

they're free to sack everyone in Intercontinental Back that's their own bizz, i just feel sorry for the workers that's all

banks don kill many people this year alone

Men, dis is bad enuf.

Wat is d main prob of dis bank self?
Some1 tell me somefin

SHALOM

any of the affected staff in inter that leaves in p-town shd contact me. i can show him where he can invest and make returns for his family. for p-town staff only. 08065946231. or xtracash2010@yahoo.com. i feel for them.

This is so bizarre. What on earth is NLC doing? Why should innocent people be made to suffer for some incompetent good for nothing bosses mistakes? If you ask me, the down sizing should be done within the circle of the bosses only, so that they are more careful with people's hard earned money starched up in their volts.This is grossly unfair.My heart really goes out to the 1200.

when I and others were given our letters last year december 18,
i wished deep down in ma heart that this mess should end there,alas was i wrong again.

I just hope thats the end to the horror movie,mainly because of my loved one still in the bank.

i heard it was drivers and security officers they sacked.

I hope my friends there are safe.

what is d dfference btw soludo and sanusi? one creates employment the other creates unemployment, yet wat has he really achieved by all this? the banks are stil not stronger rather dey have bcom weak. to me soludo is far way a better and intelligent person cos he wud have corrected any anormalies in the banking sector with out causing all this crisis sanusi is causing and watching as he reforms ruins lives of thousands of people and he doesnt know how stop or check the mass laying off. this man is clearly not smart.

antonafro:

Why do people in Nigeria always use the word "SACKED" when people are laid off?

Employees are SACKED in cases of gross misconduct or other negative acts while at work.

They are made REDUNDANT when an employer cant afford their services any more, which is obviously the case here. Any school kid in the UK, USA, etc knows this.

'Being sacked' is a very disparaging statement - while I'm not a spokesperson or customer of this bank, I dont relish in the misfortunes of others. None of us should.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX AND HALF A DOZEN?THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME JOBLESS.

this is very sad.
i hope others will be prepared just incase.

The other day Bank PHB sacked over 1,500 staff ,no Intercontinental has sacked another set,what is going on,are we going forward or backward.I think we should all be aware that this is causing serious negative effect on these banks,I sincerely pray for all those affected that God will give them a better job.Amen

MAYOWAAK:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX AND HALF A DOZEN?THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME JOBLESS.

Lwkmd!!! Leave vocabulary joo

This is very sad and quite unfortunate. You can imagine how many families and dependants would have been affected by another round of sacks. Incidentally the banks are not the only ones involved but theirs seems more pronounced because they are currently in the eye of the storm. I guess its a warning to those in the employee class to start thinking of what to fall back on or to explore the option of entrepreneurship. For those who are creativity inclined you can checkout Fashion Art and Creatives Academy. Below is info you might find useful


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MAYOWAAK:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX AND HALF A DOZEN?THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BECOME JOBLESS.

There's a BIG difference mate - as an employer myself, I'd like to know why someone was SACKED before I'd take them on after an interview - being made redundant on the other hand is understandable.

MAYOWAAK why not put SACKED on your cv and see how far you'll get in landing a new job? That way we'll all know if there's a difference.

what a sad situation, i wonder what will happen to those laid off staffs.
As for me i don't need all these because i make serious money working from my house online.
If you are interested to be like me, go to www.libertyreserve.com and open up an account for free, after which you click on the link i use as my signature.
Am giving out this information for FREE!!!

@ hackney so, do you mean there's no surcharging for ATM withdrawals, transalert and unexplicable subtraction from balances (or you-are-the-one-banking-with-us, so we-can-do-what-we-like-with-your-money) in other parts of the world? What more can b said, if after celebrating 20 years of happiness, now time to throw sadness into people's lives? What a mess.