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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by lightofjoy(m): 8:02pm On May 03, 2023
Hello my people, Nothing like International Driver's licence, you local Nigeria Driving licence is ok. That's what a police office told me. Don't let anyone rob you of you 10k or 20k. Just a contribution.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 8:04pm On May 03, 2023
kwakudtraveller:

It’s not any dangerous mindset, no dey guilt trip people into sharing information they don’t want to share. The person mentioned Indeed, that alone is enough. When he resumes the job, he fit share the info or he fit no share, it’s his prerogative. Abeg live and let live.

undecided
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 8:17pm On May 03, 2023
kwakudtraveller:

It’s not any dangerous mindset, no dey guilt trip people into sharing information they don’t want to share. The person mentioned Indeed, that alone is enough. When he resumes the job, he fit share the info or he fit no share, it’s his prerogative. Abeg live and let live.

Lets not dance around this, the person in question is just selfish, what will happen if he shares the company's name?

hustla is right

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 8:42pm On May 03, 2023
1. Chose Barclays as you are bound to get more experience mingling with in house staff and also opportunities available but not advertised especially as you intend to move away from CS job.

2. Not sure Revolut reports to credit score companies though but again it depends on what bill type you are paying for some might not be worth reporting if not in the list of those captured in the credit reports.

3. If you both have a joint account and paying from there may be or you both split the payment equally - you pay through yours and she does same too. Then you report through Credit ladder (use my referral link to register but do your due diligence oo).

Cheers


harddrive2012:
Good evening,

I recently got a customer service offer with bill gosling outsourcing(BGO) and Barclays. Barclays salary is just about £2k higher than BGO. Both are hybrid(1 day in the office for BGO and 2 days in the office for Barclays).
Which would you advise I choose for growth opportunities and possibly future opportunities to switch if I have more qualifications and wishes to change career from Customer Service role.

Secondly, does direct debit on online banks like Revolut count towards credit score ? Or it must be Main Street Bank ?

Lastly please, if we pay rent using my partner bank account, is there a way both of us can benefit from credit score boosting through rent reporting ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 8:43pm On May 03, 2023
1. Chose Barclays as you are bound to get more experience mingling with in house staff and also opportunities available but not advertised especially as you intend to move away from CS job.

2. Not sure Revolut reports to credit score companies though but again it depends on what bill type you are paying for some might not be worth reporting if not in the list of those captured in the credit reports.

3. If you both have a joint account and paying from there may be or you both split the payment equally - you pay through yours and she does same too. Then you report through Credit ladder (use my referral link to register but do your due diligence oo).

https://www.creditladder.co.uk/join/4kN2nMj0DmjpABDL

You can also try getting a credit building Credit card if you are up for it - use my referral below

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Check my other posts for guides but above all do your due diligence and spend responsibly ooo 😀

Cheers


harddrive2012:
Good evening,

I recently got a customer service offer with bill gosling outsourcing(BGO) and Barclays. Barclays salary is just about £2k higher than BGO. Both are hybrid(1 day in the office for BGO and 2 days in the office for Barclays).
Which would you advise I choose for growth opportunities and possibly future opportunities to switch if I have more qualifications and wishes to change career from Customer Service role.

Secondly, does direct debit on online banks like Revolut count towards credit score ? Or it must be Main Street Bank ?

Lastly please, if we pay rent using my partner bank account, is there a way both of us can benefit from credit score boosting through rent reporting ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by harddrive2012: 8:54pm On May 03, 2023
Thanks for the advise

bigtt76:
1. Chose Barclays as you are bound to get more experience mingling with in house staff and also opportunities available but not advertised especially as you intend to move away from CS job.

2. Not sure Revolut reports to credit score companies though but again it depends on what bill type you are paying for some might not be worth reporting if not in the list of those captured in the credit reports.

3. If you both have a joint account and paying from there may be or you both split the payment equally - you pay through yours and she does same too. Then you report through Credit ladder (use my referral link to register but do your due diligence oo).

Cheers


Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Jcole123: 9:00pm On May 03, 2023
gmacnoms:
Thanks for this

Ure welcome bro
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by kwakudtraveller(m): 9:40pm On May 03, 2023
justwise:


Lets not dance around this, the person in question is just selfish, what will happen if he shares the company's name?

hustla is right



There is nothing selfish about not sharing information a person is not comfortable with sharing. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s still his prerogative. He even said it, that he should allow him resume first. No be do or die affair.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 9:50pm On May 03, 2023
kwakudtraveller:

It’s not any dangerous mindset, no dey guilt trip people into sharing information they don’t want to share. The person mentioned Indeed, that alone is enough. When he resumes the job, he fit share the info or he fit no share, it’s his prerogative. Abeg live and let live.

The way some people talk is very funny. He should share the name of his Employer so people start writing mails to them saying "A Nigerian you just recruited informed me there are openings" or such stuff. Let the guy even start first na. He's answering all other questions but you're calling him out because he's refusing to share personal details of his Employer to complete strangers on a public online forum!

There's nothing selfish about it. The entitlement on this platform is getting a bit much. No one owes you such private information, people share what they're comfortable with and it's very wrong to call them selfish for doing so

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 9:51pm On May 03, 2023
hustla:


Quite rightly wetin? A job that was advertised on the internet??

Haba naw, why una dey think like this? Do you have an idea how many people visit indeed and co daily to apply for those jobs?

If you're hoarding links to minimum wage, survival jobs that a lot of British citizens don't even want to do, what will you do if it's a £100K/year job?

Very dangerous mindset. Second hand shame dey catch me on your behalf shocked

Have to disagree bro. Apart from the other things that have been cited, the fellow might just prefer to keep his identity truly anonymous here. We don't know the size of the company and how unique his Nigerian identity is, such that his activity here will be traceable. It might even be possible to find out his full identity via LinkedIn et al if one knows where he works.

Not holding brief for the person but there are many reasons why people might not want their NL profiles to be traceable to their IRL identities. The conclusion that he is hoarding the info is not fair.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 9:55pm On May 03, 2023
koonbey:


Have to disagree bro. Apart from the other things that have been cited, the fellow might just prefer to keep his identity truly anonymous ous. We don't know the size of the company and how unique his Nigerian identity is, such that his activity here will be traceable. It might even be possible to find out his full identity via LinkedIn et al if one knows where he works.

Not holding brief for the person but there are many reasons why people might not want their NL profiles to be traceable to their IRL identities. The conclusion that he is hoarding the info is not fair.

It's so unfair!

Imagine the statement that he's "hoarding minimum wage, survival jobs that a lot of British citizens don't even want to do"

Very careless yarn!

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:04pm On May 03, 2023
kwakudtraveller:

There is nothing selfish about not sharing information a person is not comfortable with sharing. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s still his prerogative. He even said it, that he should allow him resume first. No be do or die affair.

People have being sharing links and company's name here for ages, that is exactly one of the reasons thread like this exist, He got the job already so sharing the link will not cost him the job, the company will not recruit more than they needed just because he shared their names here.

If it was referral link he will be spamming this thread begging people to use it.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 10:12pm On May 03, 2023
justwise:


People have being sharing links and company's name here for ages, that is exactly one of the reasons thread like this exist, He got the job already so sharing the link will not cost him the job, the company will not recruit more than they needed just because he shared their names here.

If it was referral link he will be spamming this thread begging people to use it.

I'd love to see other posts where people were sharing their current Employer's names

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:12pm On May 03, 2023
Solumtoya:


The way some people talk is very funny. He should share the name of his Employer so people start writing mails to them saying "A Nigerian you just recruited informed me there are openings" or such stuff. Let the guy even start first na. He's answering all other questions but you're calling him out because he's refusing to share personal details of his Employer to complete strangers on a public online forum!

There's nothing selfish about it. The entitlement on this platform is getting a bit much. No one owes you such private information, people share what they're comfortable with and it's very wrong to call them selfish for doing so

Lets assume for the sake of argument that someone actually contacted the company saying...Nigerian they recruited gave out their company's name, what is wrong with that? The job was advertised in indeed which is a public job site.

I can understand if the job was through connection and was not advertised in public at all.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 10:25pm On May 03, 2023
justwise:


Lets assume for the sake of argument that someone actually contacted the company saying...Nigerian they recruited gave out their company's name, what is wrong with that? The job was advertised in indeed which is a public job site.

I can understand if the job was through connection and was not advertised in public at all.


Sure, for the sake of argument, here we go:

The guys also stated that he works at a care home and he's not sure whether to quit for this particular job.

Someone may write to the Company saying "The Nigerian you recruited on a 3-month contract works in a care home like me too, so give me a job". Meanwhile, he may not want his Employer to know that detail. I really don't want to stretch how far people can go

My point is: This is an anonymous public forum, people should respect the limit to which people feel comfortable sharing personal data. And no one should be called selfish or talked down on for exercising his right.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:46pm On May 03, 2023
Solumtoya:


Sure, for the sake of argument, here we go:

The guys also stated that he works at a care home and he's not sure whether to quit for this particular job.

Someone may write to the Company saying "The Nigerian you recruited on a 3-month contract works in a care home like me too, so give me a job". Meanwhile, he may not want his Employer to know that detail. I really don't want to stretch how far people can go

My point is: This is an anonymous public forum, people should respect the limit to which people feel comfortable sharing personal data. And no one should be called selfish or talked down on for exercising his right.

How many Nigerians do you think the company recruited? Why do we think so negative like this? Its a bloody company's name, no one is asking for his full name and address.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Viruses: 10:48pm On May 03, 2023
justwise:


Lets not dance around this, the person in question is just selfish, what will happen if he shares the company's name?

hustla is right



What is the name of the company you currently work with?

If you don't mind, please list the other companies you have worked with in UK in reverse chronological order.

One more favour, please list the names of the companies you worked with in Nigeria.

Let's not be selfish.

Thanks.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 10:53pm On May 03, 2023
justwise:


How many Nigerians do you think the company recruited? Why do we think so negative like this? Its a bloody company's name, no one is asking for his full name and address.

Exactly, only the guy knows best why he doesn't want to share and he's well within his right.

It's not negative but cautious thinking.

With the "bloody" company name, anyone could search the full name and address.

Still for the sake of argument o...

We don't have to go so far, see how "positive" the guy who is asking for the Company name is, saying "minimum wage, survival jobs that a lot of British citizens don't even want to do, what will you do if it's a £100K/year job?"... And you are asking why we think so negative. We think so negative because people are mean and, according to Albert Einstein, infinitely stupid cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Gift7428: 6:20am On May 04, 2023
Why do we actually need the name of the company? To do what? Is that the only company recruiting on indeed?
Go on indeed and look for jobs simple. I know how funny my fellow Nigerians can be lol.
I gave someone info on sponsorship job and this person did something that made me look stupid.
Next time I go shut my mouth.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 7:12am On May 04, 2023
Viruses:

What is the name of the company you currently work with?

If you don't mind, please list the other companies you have worked with in UK in reverse chronological order.

One more favour, please list the names of the companies you worked with in Nigeria.

Let's not be selfish.

Thanks.

Trying to find the correlation between the subject and listing companies worked for as if we are submitting a CV

Critical thinking is hard sha

undecided

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Peerielass: 7:13am On May 04, 2023
Gift7428:
Why do we actually need the name of the company? To do what? Is that the only company recruiting on indeed?
Go on indeed and look for jobs simple. I know how funny my fellow Nigerians can be lol.
I gave someone info on sponsorship job and this person did something that made me look stupid.
Next time I go shut my mouth.

😮
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 7:15am On May 04, 2023
Gift7428:
Why do we actually need the name of the company? To do what? Is that the only company recruiting on indeed?
Go on indeed and look for jobs simple. I know how funny my fellow Nigerians can be lol.
I gave someone info on sponsorship job and this person did something that made me look stupid.
Next time I go shut my mouth.


I mean this same guy came on here to ask for companies that can offer remote jobs to him

I mean, it's not that deep. Someone gave out anywhereworks and others have also dropped companies on this same app,no one died

Make we dey do sofrily sofrily abeg. Life isn't that hard. Make we small dey tight chest

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by LagosismyHome(f): 7:17am On May 04, 2023
Jcole123:


I used indeed, typed customer service advisor on the job title bar and adjusted the job type to remote

Best not to share this so publicly, the name of the company...maybe privately yes offcourse yes yes, sharing is caring but publicly no.

Anyone that says you are selfish na him or her know. Las las everyone go dey ok. Life has been a teacher to me in recent times

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 7:19am On May 04, 2023
justwise:


How many Nigerians do you think the company recruited? Why do we think so negative like this? Its a bloody company's name, no one is asking for his full name and address.

I just tire for Nigerians, negativity full people body

You will enter Tesco and see all Indians working there, they obviously all shared info with each other and carry each other along. Na only Nigerians go different, hoarding everything smh

Anywhereworks, EE, Crossover and some others people have dropped in the past all offer remote jobs.
Some of them even ship equipment to you before you start to work with them

I wonder what they're trying to code for as if people who want to apply there won't still be scrutinized or dropped if they don't meet certain criteria

To each his own Sha, I'll not speak further

smiley

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 7:40am On May 04, 2023
So worrisome but same behaviour from back home now creeping in here. Another thing that hurts are those ones charging people for information. You come on NL to learn for free, get what you want and next thing you see them advertising one-on-one to 'advise you' eeeeeiiii cheesy Imagine oga Lexus and Justwise monetizing their experience on here ....but meh we all go alright las las. To think the person even came here to solicit advise but didn't see it fit to share speaks volume......whoever you are chop your employer oooo! cheesy cheesy cheesy


hustla:


I just tire for Nigerians, negativity full people body

You will enter Tesco and see all Indians working there, they obviously all shared info with each other and carry each other along. Na only Nigerians go different, hoarding everything smh

Anywhereworks, EE, Crossover and some others people have dropped in the past all offer remote jobs.
Some of them even ship equipment to you before you start to work with them

I wonder what they're trying to code for as if people who want to apply there won't still be scrutinized or dropped if they don't meet certain criteria

To each his own Sha, I'll not speak further

smiley
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 7:43am On May 04, 2023
So if he shares the company's name publicly, all Nigerians go begin trooping in there or report am say he expose the company employing him? I don't understand sha


LagosismyHome:


Best not to share this so publicly, the name of the company...maybe privately yes but publicly no.

Anyone that says you are selfish na him or her know. Las las everyone go dey ok. Life has been a teacher to me in recent times
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by LagosismyHome(f): 7:46am On May 04, 2023
bigtt76:
So if he shares the company's name publicly, all Nigerians go begin trooping in there or report am say he expose [ the company employing him? I don't understand sha



2 years ago I would have typed exactly what you typed but wetin my eye DON see ehnnn. You be surprised that someone can do the above

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 7:52am On May 04, 2023
Hmmmmm undecided emi lokan mentality be dat then cheesy


LagosismyHome:


2 years ago I would have typed exactly what you typed but wetin my eye DON see ehnnn. You be surprised that someone can do the above
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Viruses: 8:10am On May 04, 2023
Those looking for the name of that particular company, please don't take it too personal. Just go to indeed, filter by remote jobs and location, you will be alright.

The continued persistence for the name of that particular company is becoming a course for concern.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Jlaw1: 8:12am On May 04, 2023
A wise man also said:

"Wetin dey face one person for front, fit dey face another person for back."

Hopefully, the debaters on this thread can understand this.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Viruses: 8:17am On May 04, 2023
Viruses:

What is the name of the company you currently work with?

If you don't mind, please list the other companies you have worked with in UK in reverse chronological order.

One more favour, please list the names of the companies you worked with in Nigeria.

Let's not be selfish.

Thanks.
And just before we move on from this matter. I am certain that justwise has seen this but cannot provide the information asked. Isn't it laughable that he called the person that did same selfish?

I have always said it that it's easy to condemn people from afar. In their shoes we will do worse.

Na who no dey house dey arrest police.

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