CharisEleos:


That is where we find ourselves today as a country.

Another thing I just finished discussing with my sister now is the rate of inflation and the fact that the govt is folding their arms doing nothing about it.

Where are we headed?

wonderr:
I pray it should be a blessing in disguise to you in Jesus name
But Please what is the full meaning of 'op' that u people usually use here in nairaland

tofolo:
My sister, what one need is a source of another income and financial institutions are not helping, the inflation is steadily growing and by the time fuel price is hiked na die be that.

motymop:


A good idea but This country is too poor for that.

How much will they pay for unemployed Nigerians to be satisfied?

CharisEleos:


Housing is not left out.

All the old houses in my area are being demolished and the newly erected structures are so expensive and have been taken over by small small Yahoo boys. while the old occupants are being displaced and made homeless because of the high cost of the new houses.

It's just so unbearable. But with God, we shall survive it

tofolo:
Sister, God would not put us to shame.

EgunMogaji2:


You’ve got it figured out wrong.

1) Unemployment Insurance is funded by both employees and employers.

2) It’s not meant to replace lost salary in totality but to cushion the immediate effect of unemployment.

3) The maximum is $450 per week so an unemployed executive will make less than $2,000 per month before tax.

To answer your other questions, we need to gravitate away from this premise that Nigerians are poor. E are not. A salaried worker can easily afford the necessary taxes.

CharisEleos:


Lol... Oh this guy stop making me to laugh abeg. this not a laughing matter. Biko.

It is well..

Robertkenny:
Mrs. Juliet

I was with my husband on March 31st, it was 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I took a phone call from the owner of my company, the president and COO. He informed me that my position was being eliminated.

Significant changes had to be made to the small, family-owned business I worked for due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coming from leadership, I understand. I worked for Skymack communications, a publishing company here in Lagos, for over 13 years. I was senior vice president of operations, client service and account management. The majority of the clients I worked with were in the airline space, so Covid-19 had huge impact on the area of the business I managed.

Even though being let go is not a personal issue for me, when you get that call from your boss, it’s quite a shock to the system.
I love the people that I worked with. And I have never been unemployed.

This was a first for me, and I had to tell my kids.
The first person I told was my husband. We went for a walk because I just wanted to takeout bad thought and feel free. It’s so overwhelming that you don’t want to think about the “What if”.

I cried when I told my husband, but it wasn’t sadness that I felt. I didn’t feel a connection to my job title such that it was a loss of my sense of self. It was more, “Well, what am I going to do now?” Or maybe it was because you have to say those words: “I’ve been laid off.” I never said those words before.

But I didn’t actually tell my two girls, who are 12 and 16, for almost a full 48hours. I just sat with it first. I was thinking, “How am I going to tell them that I have been laid off”?.

My girls have seen me get up and go to work their whole lives. I don’t believe they tied me as a person to my job, but they do understand that my job provides money for the family to live.

I was really trying to figure out, how do I tell them without scaring them? And how will I keep a level of composure?.

The third day I told them. Schools in Lagos were closed, so my daughters were homeschooling. I called them into the living room, sat down and told them that I had been let go from my position at work. I was crying while telling them.

They both sort of looked at me and they said, “Well, what does that mean for us?”

How you handle yourself is everything when it comes to how they’re going to respond, so I immediately composed myself.
“Well, we’re probably going to have to make some changes initially, but as a parent let I and your dad focus on that. I don’t want you to worry about that” I said.

My eldest daughter got angry and frustrated at my employer. “Aren’t you important? Don’t they think you’re valuable?” she asked with a sad face.

“I am valuable” I said. But my value has nothing to do with my job. I’m valuable for a lot of other reasons.”

“I will find a job that makes me happier, a place to work that values me, a place where I want to be” I said. The girls asked questions about money too. I have a loan to pay and other bills. “Yeah, we’re going to have to make some changes, for me to be able to pay back” I said.

“I’m going to have to really work to get another job or figure out what my next move is” I said.

For now we’re good. My girls and I are stable and we’re happy. We have made some changes towards managing most things around us. For instance with food shopping, we are not particularly frivolous, but now we are much more careful.

Also there is no “I need does cloths just because they’re beautiful or I want to do online shopping for me and my girls”. They know they need to be conscientious about what they ask for. And they have been fantastic without reminder.

And I have not stopped my job search, but I am not obsessing. Right now everything is fine, but that won’t last forever. So I am trying to determine what my new normal is going to be.

Thank you Bogger for sharing my story

Have you ever lost any job that makes you think twice? Please share your story.

Robertkenny:
Mrs. Juliet

I was with my husband on March 31st, it was 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I took a phone call from the owner of my company, the president and COO. He informed me that my position was being eliminated.

Significant changes had to be made to the small, family-owned business I worked for due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coming from leadership, I understand. I worked for Skymack communications, a publishing company here in Lagos, for over 13 years. I was senior vice president of operations, client service and account management. The majority of the clients I worked with were in the airline space, so Covid-19 had huge impact on the area of the business I managed.

Even though being let go is not a personal issue for me, when you get that call from your boss, it’s quite a shock to the system.
I love the people that I worked with. And I have never been unemployed.

This was a first for me, and I had to tell my kids.
The first person I told was my husband. We went for a walk because I just wanted to takeout bad thought and feel free. It’s so overwhelming that you don’t want to think about the “What if”.

I cried when I told my husband, but it wasn’t sadness that I felt. I didn’t feel a connection to my job title such that it was a loss of my sense of self. It was more, “Well, what am I going to do now?” Or maybe it was because you have to say those words: “I’ve been laid off.” I never said those words before.

But I didn’t actually tell my two girls, who are 12 and 16, for almost a full 48hours. I just sat with it first. I was thinking, “How am I going to tell them that I have been laid off”?.

My girls have seen me get up and go to work their whole lives. I don’t believe they tied me as a person to my job, but they do understand that my job provides money for the family to live.

I was really trying to figure out, how do I tell them without scaring them? And how will I keep a level of composure?.

The third day I told them. Schools in Lagos were closed, so my daughters were homeschooling. I called them into the living room, sat down and told them that I had been let go from my position at work. I was crying while telling them.

They both sort of looked at me and they said, “Well, what does that mean for us?”

How you handle yourself is everything when it comes to how they’re going to respond, so I immediately composed myself.
“Well, we’re probably going to have to make some changes initially, but as a parent let I and your dad focus on that. I don’t want you to worry about that” I said.

My eldest daughter got angry and frustrated at my employer. “Aren’t you important? Don’t they think you’re valuable?” she asked with a sad face.

“I am valuable” I said. But my value has nothing to do with my job. I’m valuable for a lot of other reasons.”

“I will find a job that makes me happier, a place to work that values me, a place where I want to be” I said. The girls asked questions about money too. I have a loan to pay and other bills. “Yeah, we’re going to have to make some changes, for me to be able to pay back” I said.

“I’m going to have to really work to get another job or figure out what my next move is” I said.

For now we’re good. My girls and I are stable and we’re happy. We have made some changes towards managing most things around us. For instance with food shopping, we are not particularly frivolous, but now we are much more careful.

Also there is no “I need does cloths just because they’re beautiful or I want to do online shopping for me and my girls”. They know they need to be conscientious about what they ask for. And they have been fantastic without reminder.

And I have not stopped my job search, but I am not obsessing. Right now everything is fine, but that won’t last forever. So I am trying to determine what my new normal is going to be.

Thank you Bogger for sharing my story

Have you ever lost any job that makes you think twice? Please share your story.

ThePlainTruth:
A man needs a job but no job guarantee, this world is an A$$. Only GOD can help.

Let all good people help each other. Why don't we all contribute into one bank account when one person is out of work we help that person financially till they find work?

The government should provide unemployment benefit for situations like this, but since it does not exist we can help by doing it ourselves 

Robertkenny:
Mrs. Juliet

I was with my husband on March 31st, it was 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I took a phone call from the owner of my company, the president and COO. He informed me that my position was being eliminated.

Significant changes had to be made to the small, family-owned business I worked for due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coming from leadership, I understand. I worked for Skymack communications, a publishing company here in Lagos, for over 13 years. I was senior vice president of operations, client service and account management. The majority of the clients I worked with were in the airline space, so Covid-19 had huge impact on the area of the business I managed.

Even though being let go is not a personal issue for me, when you get that call from your boss, it’s quite a shock to the system.
I love the people that I worked with. And I have never been unemployed.

This was a first for me, and I had to tell my kids.
The first person I told was my husband. We went for a walk because I just wanted to takeout bad thought and feel free. It’s so overwhelming that you don’t want to think about the “What if”.

I cried when I told my husband, but it wasn’t sadness that I felt. I didn’t feel a connection to my job title such that it was a loss of my sense of self. It was more, “Well, what am I going to do now?” Or maybe it was because you have to say those words: “I’ve been laid off.” I never said those words before.

But I didn’t actually tell my two girls, who are 12 and 16, for almost a full 48hours. I just sat with it first. I was thinking, “How am I going to tell them that I have been laid off”?.

My girls have seen me get up and go to work their whole lives. I don’t believe they tied me as a person to my job, but they do understand that my job provides money for the family to live.

I was really trying to figure out, how do I tell them without scaring them? And how will I keep a level of composure?.

The third day I told them. Schools in Lagos were closed, so my daughters were homeschooling. I called them into the living room, sat down and told them that I had been let go from my position at work. I was crying while telling them.

They both sort of looked at me and they said, “Well, what does that mean for us?”

How you handle yourself is everything when it comes to how they’re going to respond, so I immediately composed myself.
“Well, we’re probably going to have to make some changes initially, but as a parent let I and your dad focus on that. I don’t want you to worry about that” I said.

My eldest daughter got angry and frustrated at my employer. “Aren’t you important? Don’t they think you’re valuable?” she asked with a sad face.

“I am valuable” I said. But my value has nothing to do with my job. I’m valuable for a lot of other reasons.”

“I will find a job that makes me happier, a place to work that values me, a place where I want to be” I said. The girls asked questions about money too. I have a loan to pay and other bills. “Yeah, we’re going to have to make some changes, for me to be able to pay back” I said.

“I’m going to have to really work to get another job or figure out what my next move is” I said.

For now we’re good. My girls and I are stable and we’re happy. We have made some changes towards managing most things around us. For instance with food shopping, we are not particularly frivolous, but now we are much more careful.

Also there is no “I need does cloths just because they’re beautiful or I want to do online shopping for me and my girls”. They know they need to be conscientious about what they ask for. And they have been fantastic without reminder.

And I have not stopped my job search, but I am not obsessing. Right now everything is fine, but that won’t last forever. So I am trying to determine what my new normal is going to be.

Thank you Bogger for sharing my story

Have you ever lost any job that makes you think twice? Please share your story.

mema900:

START A BUSINESS!! Not trading ooh! BUSINESS!

CharisEleos:
That's one thing with private organizations. No job security. Imagine after thirteen whole years of service, you were laid off over the phone just like that. Dang!

That is why govenment job is still better. Though they may not pay so hugely but at least you're sure of job security and a huge compensation ( gratuity) after your service years with a lifetime benefit ( pension).

This is why it is good to have a personal establishment while working with all these private organizations just in case.

So demoralizing.

Amtrak:
Aeyah... Sorry dear.

It can be a really traumatic experience; I know cos I've been there before.

Lemme just summarize my story through this kind of journey.

At about 12:33pm on Friday, February 8, 2013, 1 was sitting frustrated in the Teachers' Staff Room of the secondary school I was teaching in. I had just been unjustly scolded by the school principal for flogging a student that had really misbehaved bad. Was looking at the ceiling and thinking about my life when my phone rang - a call to resume at my new job on Monday! It was unbelievable; so I just went to the principal's office and told him I was leaving the job. I caught the next available bus to Lagos.

Training school was so funpacked! We were 54 trainees in my class; 18 guys, and 36 ladies, so each guy 'had two ladies to himself'... lol! I was attending classes from my uncle's house in VI, leaving early in the mornings and returning around 7pm in the evenings, for 65 days, until my first posting to a branch after Training School.

So, one day in May, as I returned from work and knocked on my uncle's door, my aunt (his wife) came rushing and opened the door. She had just woken up from her sleep and said she was rushing because she thought she had heard me crying from a trance that 'the job did not work out'. I didn't really understand, until I got to work the next day and realised that I had made a mistake the previous day which is capable of getting me sacked. So I called my mom and explained to her, and then she prayed and fasted for me and called me later to tell me that she saw herself in a vision rescue a little child who had fallen into a pit. It's a pity sha, our concierge got sacked for that mistake the following day. I pray God took care of her.

On July 1, 2013, I was reposted to a newly opened branch in PH, and for a while, we were just two Trainee Account Officers and my BM. There were many account opening requests, and even though I didn't have the experience of working as an Account Officer, it was my new role, so I had to learn and adapt quickly.

However, on August 13, 2013 unfortunately and unknowingly, one of the initial accounts I opened was that of a fraudster, which he used to commit his crimes. I had not done proper KYC on the account and so the guy just disappeared into thin air - he got the better of me cos I was very of the 'commercial streets' naive.

I had to face a disciplinary panel for this on December 6, 2013; prior to facing the panel, I called my uncle to pray for me, which he did. So, while with the panel, I told them all the truth, and resigned to my fate; hoping my honesty would at least purchase me leniency - but little did I know....

One month later, on January 7, 2014, I woke up from a dream early in the morning. In that dream I was wearing my suit, but half-naked cos I was without the trousers, and I was in a lot of smelly faeces and quagmire in the dream before I woke up. I went to work, and it was just a normal work day like any other. However, something strange happened just before the close of business; I noticed that I couldn't log on in my desktop. I just thought it was mere network issues that would correct after a while. But a while later, my Acting BM invited me into his office for a 'brief' discussion. He asked me if I was having issues logging on, and I answered in the affirmative, and then he broke the sad news to me that I had just been fired, and that's why I couldn't log on, also the confirmatory mail had been sent to him. I stood there shocked! Never saw such a harsh judgement; for God's sake I was just 11 months on the job and made the mistake at about my first month working at the branch without adequate senior guidance. Walking out of the branch that evening, I was depressed, and ashamed; I just turned around and stared at my desk across the hall for one last time - an hour ago, I never realised that I would never be seating there anymore.

My journey home was normally a 10 minutes walk, but walking home that day took me over an hour, even though I didn't make any stops. I called my main BM who was then on leave; he seeded to already know about the decision. At this point, I was 26 years, had only about N70k plus 200USD savings - my pay was still in the process of upgrade when all this happened, so I never got to enjoy the main financial benefits.

For two days, I just lay down on my bed and couldn't get myself to tell anyone that I had been sacked. But I knew the questions would soon be coming as to why I was not going to work anymore, so I put myself together and one-by-one called all my loved ones and disclosed what had happened. First, I told my cousin, in whose house I was staying, then my parents and siblings. My girlfriend was the last for me to tell, cos I really loved her and was afraid she would change her attitude towards me. It saddened all of them, but then it was the beginning of my re-birth.

Of all those I told, I will only share how I broke the news to my gf.
I called her on the phone because she was in Lagos then. So I asked her, "Do you really love me?" And she said yes, and assured me that she did after I asked her again. I asked her, "If I don't have money any more, would you still love me?" And she said yes, and asked why I was sounding that was; so I told her it's because I had just lost my job. She seemed to be in disbelief.
However, over time her attitude changed; she became less respectful, began to play with my emotions, and do other things she never used to.

I will stop here sha, but if i get enough likes I will take it as a request to continue.

Thank you for reading my epistle!

Solsix:

My own we came to work and we couldn't log in no be person tell say they don sack us. It was half of the month or more they could not pay us one month salary. They minus the remaining days from our salary.it was a very horrible experience.

Amtrak:
Aeyah... Sorry dear.

It can be a really traumatic experience; I know cos I've been there before.

Lemme just summarize my story through this kind of journey.


I will stop here sha, but if i get enough likes I will take it as a request to continue.

Thank you for reading my epistle!

mema900:


START A BUSINESS!!
Not trading ooh! BUSINESS!

Robertkenny:
Mrs. Juliet

I was with my husband on March 31st, it was 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I took a phone call from the owner of my company, the president and COO. He informed me that my position was being eliminated.

Significant changes had to be made to the small, family-owned business I worked for due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coming from leadership, I understand. I worked for Skymack communications, a publishing company here in Lagos, for over 13 years. I was senior vice president of operations, client service and account management. The majority of the clients I worked with were in the airline space, so Covid-19 had huge impact on the area of the business I managed.

Even though being let go is not a personal issue for me, when you get that call from your boss, it’s quite a shock to the system.
I love the people that I worked with. And I have never been unemployed.

This was a first for me, and I had to tell my kids.
The first person I told was my husband. We went for a walk because I just wanted to takeout bad thought and feel free. It’s so overwhelming that you don’t want to think about the “What if”.

I cried when I told my husband, but it wasn’t sadness that I felt. I didn’t feel a connection to my job title such that it was a loss of my sense of self. It was more, “Well, what am I going to do now?” Or maybe it was because you have to say those words: “I’ve been laid off.” I never said those words before.

But I didn’t actually tell my two girls, who are 12 and 16, for almost a full 48hours. I just sat with it first. I was thinking, “How am I going to tell them that I have been laid off”?.

My girls have seen me get up and go to work their whole lives. I don’t believe they tied me as a person to my job, but they do understand that my job provides money for the family to live.

I was really trying to figure out, how do I tell them without scaring them? And how will I keep a level of composure?.

The third day I told them. Schools in Lagos were closed, so my daughters were homeschooling. I called them into the living room, sat down and told them that I had been let go from my position at work. I was crying while telling them.

They both sort of looked at me and they said, “Well, what does that mean for us?”

How you handle yourself is everything when it comes to how they’re going to respond, so I immediately composed myself.
“Well, we’re probably going to have to make some changes initially, but as a parent let I and your dad focus on that. I don’t want you to worry about that” I said.

My eldest daughter got angry and frustrated at my employer. “Aren’t you important? Don’t they think you’re valuable?” she asked with a sad face.

“I am valuable” I said. But my value has nothing to do with my job. I’m valuable for a lot of other reasons.”

“I will find a job that makes me happier, a place to work that values me, a place where I want to be” I said. The girls asked questions about money too. I have a loan to pay and other bills. “Yeah, we’re going to have to make some changes, for me to be able to pay back” I said.

“I’m going to have to really work to get another job or figure out what my next move is” I said.

For now we’re good. My girls and I are stable and we’re happy. We have made some changes towards managing most things around us. For instance with food shopping, we are not particularly frivolous, but now we are much more careful.

Also there is no “I need does cloths just because they’re beautiful or I want to do online shopping for me and my girls”. They know they need to be conscientious about what they ask for. And they have been fantastic without reminder.

And I have not stopped my job search, but I am not obsessing. Right now everything is fine, but that won’t last forever. So I am trying to determine what my new normal is going to be.

Thank you Bogger for sharing my story

Have you ever lost any job that makes you think twice? Please share your story.

EgunMogaji2:


You’ve got it figured out wrong.

1) Unemployment Insurance is funded by both employees and employers.

2) It’s not meant to replace lost salary in totality but to cushion the immediate effect of unemployment.

3) The maximum is $450 per week so an unemployed executive will make less than $2,000 per month before tax.

To answer your other questions, we need to gravitate away from this premise that Nigerians are poor. We are not. A salaried worker can easily afford the necessary taxes.