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To further demonstrate its philosophy of enriching lives, Sterling Bank Plc has come up with a policy to promote work-life balance among its staff as it continues to strive to build a great place to work for its workforce through the introduction of Flexi-time and Flexi-place.

The initiative which complies with global best HR practices, is currently being piloted in the Bank’s corporate Head Office and is aimed at introducing flexibility in work arrangements for the Bank’s staff.

The Flexi-time arrangement allows members of staff the opportunity to determine their own working hours by choosing a convenient time to come to work within the options provided by the Bank. Similarly, the Flexi-place package gives staff the opportunity to choose a convenient location from which they can carry out their job functions. In this pilot phase, interested staff particularly in the Head Office are encouraged to select locations closer to their place of residence.

The Bank’s Executive Director, Strategy & Finance, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman who described the pilot stage as highly successful, expressed his optimism that the initiative will enhance productivity of staff, promote bonding among family members, reduce the stress of waking very early and spend long hours in traffic to get to the office early, improve the well-being of staff and ultimately promote work life balance among staff

His words: “Employees in the cites are faced with the onerous yet elusive goal of maintaining work-life balance as they are confronted with the challenge of waking up very early to beat the traffic going to the office and also pass through same stress going home in the evening.”

“We recognize that the fast-paced nature of cities is likely to continue to deprive workers from spending quality time with their families as they spend a lot of time commuting to and from work. With the staggered resumption time offered by these initiatives, staff will be able to determine preferred and more convenient work hours. We believe with this initiative, they would be in a better position to spend quality time with their family, commute at more convenient traffic times and spend less on Medical care thus become more productive at work.”

To ensure the effectiveness of the workplace solutions, Mr. Abubakar noted that appropriate structures and resources have been put in place adding that each team during the pilot phase, had a succession plan with back-ups knowledgeable on other duties and available at crucial periods.

He assured that Sterling Bank will continue to come with initiatives to enrich the lives of all stakeholders as “we have demonstrated this across all in various areas such as education, sports, entrepreneurship, environment and the introduction of various products and services to meet the banking needs of our customers. This time, we want to focus on the people who work tirelessly to implement these initiatives- our staff. Our desire is to continue to explore ways to improve the work environment, elevate the culture of the organization and enable self-actualization. The flexible work regime we have introduced is one step in the right direction to achieving this desire”, he stated.

Sterling Bank Plc, “the one-customer bank”, is a full-service national commercial bank with an asset base above N800 billion with over 190 business offices and more than 800 ATMs nationwide. In over 55 years of service, Sterling Bank (formerly NAL Bank) has evolved from the nation’s pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank. Furthermore, with a strong national presence, Sterling Bank is one of the top 30 most capitalized institutions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The bank is also one of Nigeria’s fastest growing banks and is recognized as a dynamic financial services organization.

Source:https://sterlingbankng.com/news.php?page=sterling-bank-promotes-great-place-to-work-introduces-flexible-work-conditions-for-staff

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auxyn1: Jst got an aptitude test invite frm DB last night. Pls help a broda wit every info necessary for d test, God bless u guys

where and when is the test scheduled to hold ? Thank you

swizy: congratz dude!!! U guys shld help us n find out y interviews stopped..

k wil do dat.

Got my banking school invite too.

I got d invite 4 medical at ibadan too!

Ndurock143: ;DGlory be to God UBA have invited me for medicals 2mrw 9th march @marina lagos....glory be to be JESUS

Pls whats your qualification, OND or Bsc ? It seem those invited for medical are OND holders, i guess their traning starts next week, medical invite 4 Bsc should probably drop in next week.

kayceekleans: Am talking of Bsc

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@doyin here is the break down of my chat wit d rbh at dugbe on the 1st of february .i hope i'd b helpful.
1. where ar u frm
2. Why should i hire u 3. Your job function as cso(nysc) at finbank.

@ yhemmai, wen precisely shld we expect medicals invite and do you have any info on bankin schl. Heard its next mnt?

spiceechic:
Hey guyz....
Just received a text msg to come for medicals tomorrow....

Xup spicee, hw was ur medic, any info abt banking schl resumptn date.

cutelayo: . I had my test in ib, had my interview at Abeokuta and the chat in akure

cutelayo, wats up have u heard from uba it seem they have startd callin lagos hopefuls 4 medicals

doyexy: Congrats,,are u a b.sc holder? Where did u do your interview? Lagos, ibadan or abuja? Then u did just one interview rit??
Prompt response pls

is the interview with rbh stil going 2 hold 2day?

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oseiwe: The funny ting is dat out of 100 who will be employed, 70 will start lookin for a way out b4 its even 6mnths.
Applications r still being collected, try and get to d regional offices in your area of visit any of d branches close to you and liase wit any of d marketers. Dey might be of help.

could you help me find out 4rm uba academy wen the next batch of trainees l'd resume. Thanks

khalilzbr01@gmail.com God bless u

cutelayo: .
Hi khalil zbr, i think the interview held last was for those that did their test in lag,

Thanks cutelayo wen did you write d test at Ib. I wrote mine on the 13th of sept at Ib.

Secondly, damosdamos, was d interview invite sent tru SMS or e-mail. Thanks

DamosDamos: Hey guyz, I took my interview with them on Tue 16th oct and on thur dey sent a feedback mail that I was successful in the interview conducted dt dey will get in touch with me 4 d next stage of the recruitment. I guess I took d interview with couple of peeps here, letz continue d thread if u there and wat is d next stage gonna be like?

Hi damos was it at Ibadan you had your interiew and pls wat kinda questns were you askd

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Olu pls how long does the uba training take, how much do dey pay and do they provide accomodation 4 trainees

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