The Nigerian labor sector is such that most Nigerian employers can take advantage of people who work for them.

Many Nigerian employers can either sack, promote, fire or retire their staff on a whim.

This is because the labor laws in the country do not allow for any strict policies governing their behavior.

Most young graduates do not know a lot about these employers and get a rude awakening when they get treated anyhow.

Before you work for any Nigerian employer you should know these 5 things.


1. Do not work for free if you are an expert:

Many of these Nigerian employers use this statement "we are giving you a platform" to take advantage of job seekers, and either underpay or not pay them at all.

Before working for any Nigerian employer know that if your value is relevant, you deserve pay and do not allow desperation make you slave to a person or system because you are seeking a job.

2. Most of them will owe you salary:

This is nearly a norm in most one-man businesses in the country. Especially in organizations without a board of directors or a system in place, the salary of many employees lies at the mercy of their employers. Since many of them can get away with ill treating their staff, the salary of the staff can fluctuate either based on the economy or on their own personal desire to pay.
Before you work for any one man business owner, know that being owed salary will definitely come to play at some point.

3. They can fire you at any time:

Because there are no labor laws in the country to instill the fear of misbehaving in the Nigerian employers, the moment you fall from their good graces, you can be fired.
Many people have been known to lose their jobs because they has an affair with a girl their boss liked, or because their boss felt they are a threat.

Getting fired in the Nigerian job space is something of a norm and can happen any time. So prepare yourself even if you have a good working place now, and find multiple sources of income.
Anything can happen at any time.

See podcast below for more things to know before working for any Nigerian employer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlb_AiN2RE

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and @ d end of it all most of dem no dey get Sense!!

naso
especially in lagos

ok

The Chinese and Indian employers are a hundred times worse than Nigerian employers.

True

eljayson:



3. They can fire you at any time:

Because there are no labor laws in the country to instill the fear of misbehaving in the Nigerian employers, the moment you fall from their good graces, you can be fired.
Many people have been known to lose their jobs because they has an affair with a girl their boss liked, or because their boss felt they are a threat.

Getting fired in the Nigerian job space is something of a norm and can happen any time. So prepare yourself even if you have a good working place now, and find multiple sources of income.
Anything can happen at any time.

OP, who told you that there are no labour laws in Nigeria?

The problem is enforcement and the culture of impunity that reigns supreme here

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know that being owed salary will definitely come to play at some point

This point hammers home like shyt

thesicilian:
The Chinese and Indian employers are a hundred times worse than Nigerian employers.

if majority of Nigerians employers are treating their staff well, the Indians no go get mind to misbehave.

thesicilian:
The Chinese and Indian employers are a hundred times worse than Nigerian employers.

what are about Lebanese, those people are worst than the two people you just mention

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After working in two one man business company, I can never ever work there again.

Many of these one man business will treat you like house boy and house girl, talk to you anyhow, they will even send you to buy food and buy diesel for generators.

If it's not a PLC or a multi-national better I face my little business abeg.

4..most of the employers are control freaks. 5...you might be sexually harassed

I am a victim.

bakynes:
After working in two one man business company, I can never ever work there again.

Many of these one man business will treat you like house boy and house girl, talk to you anyhow, they will even send you to buy food and buy diesel for generators.

If it's not a PLC or a multi-national better I face my little business abeg.

I had a bad experience with one, it was my first job. CEO was a petty man, will just come into the office and try picking a fight for no reason.
one day he came in and started threatening me because I didn't post on a WhatsApp group he added me into among other nasty things he did.

Kalapizim:
I had a bad experience with one, it was my first job. CEO was a petty man, will just come into the office and try picking a fight for no reason.
one day he came in and started threatening me because I didn't post on a WhatsApp group he added me into among other nasty things he did.

That's how they behave,will always poor their bad mood on you, petty on little things like "why are you walking like that" as if everyone doesn't have a unique way they dress.

bakynes:

That's how they behave,will always poor their bad mood on you, petty on little things like "why are you walking like that" as if everyone doesn't have a unique way they dress.

exactly o, they will make you work like a slave and when time to pay comes it turns to prayer point.

Shits happened in all one-man biz o all over the world except few ones that have little fear of God, but down 9ja is still better that some shit-hole places like Bangladesh, downtown Bangkok, Lao, hinterland Peru, India china, part of Balkan and some poor countries them. They treat their workers like worst of shit and vomits!
But 9ja's own is that the more we lose our cultural inhibitors towards evils, we became what we are now.

chinawapz:
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Did you just say 18k,dats one bag rice,huh.

@ poster is On point. Nigeria employers I mean company owners has no joy at all they are all full of shit

Nice one

eljayson:
The Nigerian labor sector is such that most Nigerian employers can take advantage of people who work for them.

Many Nigerian employers can either sack, promote, fire or retire their staff on a whim.

This is because the labor laws in the country do not allow for any strict policies governing their behavior.

Most young graduates do not know a lot about these employers and get a rude awakening when they get treated anyhow.

Before you work for any Nigerian employer you should know these 5 things.


1. Do not work for free if you are an expert:

Many of these Nigerian employers use this statement "we are giving you a platform" to take advantage of job seekers, and either underpay or not pay them at all.

Before working for any Nigerian employer know that if your value is relevant, you deserve pay and do not allow desperation make you slave to a person or system because you are seeking a job.

2. Most of them will owe you salary:

This is nearly a norm in most one-man businesses in the country. Especially in organizations without a board of directors or a system in place, the salary of many employees lies at the mercy of their employers. Since many of them can get away with ill treating their staff, the salary of the staff can fluctuate either based on the economy or on their own personal desire to pay.
Before you work for any one man business owner, know that being owed salary will definitely come to play at some point.

3. They can fire you at any time:

Because there are no labor laws in the country to instill the fear of misbehaving in the Nigerian employers, the moment you fall from their good graces, you can be fired.
Many people have been known to lose their jobs because they has an affair with a girl their boss liked, or because their boss felt they are a threat.

Getting fired in the Nigerian job space is something of a norm and can happen any time. So prepare yourself even if you have a good working place now, and find multiple sources of income.
Anything can happen at any time.

See podcast below for more things to know before working for any Nigerian employer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlb_AiN2RE

hmmmmmn, just wanna get employed. Lord have your way Amen.

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