₦airaland Forum

Faber:
This your thinking is a flawed one. That's why you people see men as cashcows... I can tell you for free that in Benin City, women build houses pass men...

If you sell a product or offer a service, you will make money and build house, regardless you're a toddler, a teenager or a lady. Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is just 17yrs old, he recently bought 3 houses, one for his mum, one for his Dad and another one for his grand mother.

So delete that mindset that na men fit get money or build house, hence seeing men and relationships as occupation and only source of survival and ipso facto, if a man no provide, the next thing is to look for another man

Sir please how can I be on track?
I’m a fresh graduate but the future looks gloomy.

Can you advise me so me too can be able to build a house in the future?

ValCon888:
People are hungry and dying but cannot hold their government accountable.

Before you come and tell me it's my responsibility to find a job, those who have jobs are also suffering.

The government continues to impoverish the people with bad policies that are only favorable to themselves.

Una never dey hungry yet.

I want Tinubu to punish you all to the point where you set aside your tribal and religious differences and unite against the bad leaders that are leading you and your children and their children into starvation and penury.

You can start by telling us how to hold the government accountable

ganilas007:
98% of Nigeria civil servant don’t live on salary no worry. That why they owe them for months and they still go to work. Even a gate security in Goverment take up money daily.

How dem dey run am?

emperor4love:
that one dey realistic, the just underpay we here but there foreign workers working in Nigeria the collect 500 dolls or euro, most of this coy be it entry or years of experience ooh

Higher skilled Nigerian workers with vast years of experience get paid more than that sef.
Those drillers and oil rig workers earn very well.

internationalman:
Thanks bro. But can someone without any fundamental experience in any of those field start from scratch.

Sure!
If you have the money, you can go learn them.

Gerrard59:
Management consulting firms like the MBBs and Strategy& then you become a hotcake for the IOCs. McKinsey > Total.

You don become a big boy and baller in the corporate world on every level globally.

Sounds cool.

Make we dey watch sha

steeltrust:
so the managers and the supervisor fall into all these categories you just mentioned
You’re funny sha 😂😅

Just so you know
If you don’t EAD you can’t work
No body will employe you
Let that sink
There are white and black Americans who work in a warehouse and are fulfilled
My area manager is a Nigerian
Her name is Katrin, well educated and married here

So be guided
No de talk Watin you know no

You got to US in 2023, started warehouse jobs, and you already reached Supervisor/Manager level by 2024?
Na you funny pass.

As for EAD, I don’t know about now that Trump is back, but during Biden’s Administration, you go see plenty work.
Not glamorous roles, but it will sort your bills and Warehousing is part of those jobs.

internationalman:
Bro, when you talk about a well paying job, what are the types of well paying jobs or career would you advise a new immigrant on green card to look into.

I’m not familiar with US terrain, but off the top of my head: Healthcare, Tech, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC repairs, Automobile mechanic, and Truck driving are what people usually advise.

emperor4love:
u should say chevron and texaco are sister ,plus exxon, this are American coy why Total and F are of France but on that even at upstream no one fit pay u 5metre fr entry bro

You are correct.

I referred to them as sister companies because they are both IOCs

emperor4love:
u forget there were so many layoff,baba na ppl way de fr upstream fit the see money fr oil coy, 5million for entry,no way bro

I’m not supporting the 5m assertion but I’m saying entry level earn at least 2m as opposed to the almost 900k he mentioned.

Arapmoi22:
In saner clime, everything is cheaper.
Is there anything good about coming back to one's country?
According to them, nothing is good about Nigeria o

It’s cheaper here in Nigeria from school fess to clothing to feeding and all of that.

steeltrust:
Just like me who work In a warehouse with dignity
Some Nigerians will say it a slave job
But my first few months and till now has been rewarding working in a warehouse
I got my CDL and drove truck for sometime which the pay was good but I stopped cause I don’t have time for my self and family
But with my warehouse job Even the pay is lesser than the truck driving I still prefer it
Cause it gives me enough time for me and my family and I also save every month at least 400$ to 500$ monthly

God has been great
Once my 10years mark reaches over here I’ll go back home to my investment and retire
Life no suppose hard
Na you wan quick get money without being patient and doing the right thing

There are better and well paying jobs that will give you time for family than/like Warehouse jobs.

The peeps who do warehouse jobs are either college students or teenagers or those who don’t have necessary documentation(Trump’s favourite).

With your mention of family and your home in another post, I don’t think you fall into any of those 3 categories above.

dealslip:
That's what exactly what I am telling you, because you guys are used to marrying poor women, you think other women can't help themselves, denigrating women because you think you are alpha and omega, you believe women can't fund or sponsor themselves. Have you heard of rental cars, like enterprise or common Uber. I will even be in an hotel and go on cruise in front of you. Most of you don't know you have poverty mentality and you display it with pride. To start with I won't marry a man with a poverty mentality and of course I am wealthy so he will respect me from the onset.

You aren’t being realistic.
How will you even locate him?
Do you know how much you will spend lodging in hotel, paying an attorney to file your EB whatever visa, the amount you will spend on living costs for almost a year while the processing is going on?
Your visit/tourist visa would have expired and you’d already be an illegal resident.
What if you aren’t granted the EB2 visa and you have to return to Nigeria?
All for someone that doesn’t want you in the country with him.

Men don’t want to bring their wives not because they are denigrating their wives. They are simply avoiding the tragedy of the wife changing into a monster, filing for divorce, and carting away 50% of their worth + Alimony + Hefty child support fees.
Mind you, it is cheaper to nurture a family in Nigeria!

dealslip:
Lol! You don't know anything about obtaining residency in the US beyond marriage.Ever heard of EB5 and EB NIW categories of immigrants visa
Don't worry I will use my money to sponsor myself. He has nothing to fear not every woman is a 2k woman that needs the man to take her out of the country. She doesn't need to force herself, she just goes there.

I didn’t mention that because not everyone can meet the requirements unlike marriage where all you have to do is Marry!!!

You still don’t get the point. If I don’t want you in the US with me and you come, goodluck navigating your way from the airport. Nobody will teach you before you book flight back to Nigeria.

Prettychild:
Congratulations to her. I’m happy she and her ex husband have settled, unless on the altar of domestic violence, broken marriages should be avoided at all cost

Domestic violence and infidelity too

MisterGrace:
A glitch in the matrix.

You people have started with conspiracy theories

miketayo:
I am talking about chevron because i have seen their pay stub and i know people working there and that have worked there. I don't know about others both international or local.
Your claim is based on assumption and a forum/blog is not a credible source of information.
Profit sharing and annual salary are different, if you have worked anywhere you should know this.
Entry doesn't earn up to 900k.

Chevron and Total are sister companies. While one may have a higher salary than the other, the difference can be staggering.

Even Oando, Seplat, etc that are indigenous and not multinational, they pay more than 1m to entry level staffs. How much more IOCs like Chevron, Total, Shell, etc?

If you say this thing among people that are exposed, they will laugh at you o.

Gerrard59:
I was shocked when I saw that comment because Shell paid almost that amount way before Corona outbreak. So how come the same is still paid in 2025? Before Corona, Total paid the highest at 2M per month. So how come others haven't attained the same salary level? Someone mentioned Schlumberger paying 1.7M for entry level. Assuming that is true, there is no way an exploration firm will pay lower than a servicing company since both are MNCs.

Even the 800K should be for others, not Seplat, as it paid 500K in 2017/8, and Seplat was/is Nigeria's biggest indigenous oil company.

People underestimate the amount oil companies pay. The money is too much for their understanding 😁

Gerrard59:
Management consulting is different from corporate finance and modelling. The modelling you mentioned is the bread and butter of core financial services/investment banking firms, which is not the bread and butter of oil and gas companies. That is why they don't recruit such people for entry-level roles, which aren't that plentiful to start with in such companies.

Alright.

But you mentioned having experience at a consulting firm before pivoting to IOCs. Do you mean management consulting firms or firms offering financial services?

miketayo:
Entry level in chevron is 800k plus, not up to 900k. Your lunch and transport to you bus stop is secured.
I don't know where your 5m is coming from

That 800k might be the salary of entry level staffs of indigenous oil companies in the midstream/downstream.
No multinational oil worker in the upstream sector like Chevron or Total earns lower than 2m monthly. Shell might be an exception because they pay the least.

Check Total oil workers thread here on NL. As at 2011 when the thread started, entry level Total staffs were earning 916k(net salary). Shell entry level staffs were earning 500k(net salary). Now imagine how much it would have increased to 14 years after.
https://www.nairaland.com/768160/total-oil-gas-workers#9632128

If you hear how much oil rig workers offshore earn, you might scream.
The money be like blood money.

Check their annual reports and see their bogus profits(they declare profit in millions of Dollars).

cc: Mammangaddafi

Gerrard59:
Yes, but a superior work experience from a notable consulting firm and stellar education qualifications (MSc/MBA from good schools o)/relevant industry certifications such as ICAN, CFA etc.

So they don’t want entry level peeps😁

Also, I’m not sure consulting guys(MBB) do finance work like that.

Thank you 🙏

passion007:
Impossible.
Go to gov.uk to calculate child maintenance for 2 kids on an income of £3500. It can never be more than £1500 even if the paying parent has zero contact.

Keep in mind that other factors like age of the children , activities they engage in, and condition of the children also account for the amount to be paid.

I might be wrong on the number of children but I’ve definitely heard of a case where the father only had £800 at the end of every month from a well paying job after removing child support fees.
He had to move to an apartment of 8 people in a room. His story is on Nairaland.

dawnomike:
Come over to the oil and gas sector ir maritime sector then, you'll see those earning way more than that...
Entry level jobs in Shell, Chevron or Total make abt 5m monthly in salary and allowances as a field engineer. In Local oild companies, you can be sure of about 2m as entry level of you have to be on the rig...

In the drilling sector, we have those we call Directional Drillers... For everyday they spend on the rig, the least of them is paid 300k to 500k daily. While the top ones can earn up to a thousand dollars daily.

Guess what, it takes at least 1 month to finish drilling a oil well... Some get to drill like 7 to 10 months in a year. Do the maths!!!

For field Engineers who we call LWD and MWD engineers, they make between 80k to 350k daily depending on their level and they spend a month on the rig before been crew changed.

Schlumberger is recruiting... Try to apply there and trust me, your salary can't be less than 1.7m for entry level. So, imagine those that have 10years experience in such field.

Can a finance person work in these places?

I’m not talking about accounting roles but core finance roles where you do business valuations, financial modelling, financial analysis, etc?

dealslip:
You have clearly exposed your ignorance about obtaining citizenship of other countries. That's why I am telling you all that marry poor girls and then dangle taking them abroad as a condition for behaving right. Women who have capacity to sponsor themselves will do it without any man or marriage. Ever heard of visas given on the basis of qualifications in tech, or other professional visas, it's your qualifications that gets you those ones not marriage. Reason we tell girls to improve on themselves so they don't need insecure men dangling condescending qualifications over their head.

A man doesn’t want you to join him in US, then the next thing you want to do is force yourself to go meet someone that isn’t ready to have you there?

Lastly, no amount of qualifications can grant you permanent residency in the US from Nigeria.
Even those already in the US usually try to marry a citizen for stay, let alone someone still in Nigeria.

passion007:
Everyone is screaming $15k is too much. Keep in mind that the guy most likely earns more than $30k per month, because the court cannot ask you to pay more than half of your income as child support. It was his decision to take his own life rather than give half of his income to his children, but that decision was certainly not due to financial inability because he was well able to afford that.

Also it doesn't matter if you are not married. You will still pay child support.

Ask questions when you don’t know something.

Only properties are required to be 50/50. Child support can be 70% depending on how many children you have.

A father of two on a salary of £3,500 in UK can be paying around £2700 per month in child support

ukaface:
That means you don’t trust your wife to be of ‘ good’ character
Or you fear she would use the western environment to pay you back

I don’t think one woman will wake up in the morning and decide ‘ yes, now let me show him pepper’ with no just reason.

Couples have issues every time. One of these issues can make the wife file for divorce she would otherwise not have filed in Nigeria. This is because abroad incentivises women to divorce.

So it’s not always a matter of payback.

dealslip:
That's because you marry poor women, who depend on you all before they can eat. Women who have the capacity to sponsor themselves will not be subjected to such regulation, when she has the means to achieve it. Even you will not give her such conditions. Na those paupers you all threaten with those conditions

Because they sell citizenship like Gala, right?

If he doesn’t file for her, let her have her own money, she can’t become a citizen through marriage to him.

simply22:
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Trump will not revoke his green card because he actually has not told all the story.

Do you need all the story when he already mentioned marrying a US citizen for papers?

Did you comprehend what he said at all?

Wordsfrombimpe:
Like I said earlier on

Seek therapy

You are the ugly one na

If you fine normally you go flaunt am

10 out of 10 and that’s on it period

Na everybody think say hin fine.

It’s like he wants Trump to revoke his citizenship with this his unnecessary confession

Wordsfrombimpe:
Is that so

You made wrong conclusions oh

Me ugly ke

Have you seen me

Even that reasoning and character I am a ten out of ten

You drop opinions because you don’t find the topic interesting to your taste

You should show us your looks because I can tell what you said is a projection of your insecurities seek therapy

You aren’t the one to judge yourself 10/10. Everyone thinks so about themselves too.

You aren’t ugly, you are great fine either..maybe a 4.5/10

Wordsfrombimpe:
Didn’t you read the part where I said make your comment brief

You wrote out of emotions no logical thinking here

High value woman that cannot read. How do you want to develop yourself?

What does a woman know about logical thinking? You lots think emotionally.