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ultron12345:
Depends on the perspective of the person speaking.

Employers tend not to like them, but Business owners love them.

I'll speak based on my experience with them, as a business owner.

Several years ago, I had serious difficulties managing various businesses I had set up. The staff dealt with me. Forging of invoices, theft of inventory, inflation of contracts, there's nothing they didn't do.

The Nigerian workers were out to finish me.
Like they say, "where person dey work, na there e dey chop, hence the name, workchop (workshop)".

You sack and replace them, the new ones continue from where the old ones stopped. They will even improve their techniques of stealing so as not be caught like their predecessors.

After trying so many methods to reduce all this, from utilizing tech and automating several processes, to involving relatives, it came to my realization that the only way to stop all this was to run the businesses myself, to be "on ground" always, but that wasn't possible. So I planned to start shutting them down and to focus only on one. I told a friend who was also a businessman about my challenges and plans, hoping he would be able to purchase some of the assets I was hoping to sell from the shutdown businesses. He recommended I hire indian management. I wasn't keen at first, but finally decided to try it.

To put it shortly, I eventually got an Indian manager for one of the businesses and it worked like magic. Business began to be good. Profit began to come in. For the first time, I could be away and still be confident and relaxed that my business is in good hands. Apparently, the business troubles we had been having weren't because of "bad economy", it was because of "bad workers" who were out to build houses on my head.

Today, the businesses are growing from strength to strength. All key positions are occupied by indians. If I'm starting a new business today, all key positions go to indians by default.

I have recommended the "indian solution" to so many business people, at least 5 of which have adopted it this year alone, and it has been good stories since then. Not a single one of them has regretted the decision.

The simple truth is that the average Nigerian is corrupt and is a thief. Those who have not stolen have not done so simply because of lack of opportunity.

And that's why our country is like this, after all, the leadership is a representation of the citizenry. Nigerians are a bad people and have rightly given rise to bad leaders.

Below is a post I made few years ago about this same issue.

Queengee:
Indian managers don't know exact meaning of being manager. In their heads, they literally own you; they don't say no to clients and then literally overload the workers. They need soft skills training and if this does not work, they should get kick on their ass.

mohlanforex:
Their English is very terrible, they speak English upside down.

if Indian tell u to go, its mean come.

if he tell u to come its mean go...

when u try to correct them, they will be anger...

higgs:
GOD BLESS YOU.You just said the simple truth. Most Nigerian workers are morally impaired.

Farfalla:
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Dialpad:
Want your business to grow in Nigeria, hire Indian manager.

I am talking from employer stand point not from emotional employee view.

You will get paid.... but they would demand results

GloriousGbola:
Nigerians have no prolem killing the goose that lays the golden egg. They will steal the company into the ground while praising God /Allah for their breakthrough.

This has even been reflected in multinationals.

Indians are bastards but they are bastards that understand that a dead company does no one any good.

Even the Nigerian ogas at the top are not left out. This is why Mike adenga reportedly must sign off personally on any spend above a particular threshold.

Dmama1991:
If u work with them ,you will hate working

ultron12345:
Depends on the perspective of the person speaking.

Employers tend not to like them, but Business owners love them.

I'll speak based on my experience with them, as a business owner.

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Below is a post I made few years ago about this same issue.

bigman001:
They use workers like slaves... They are terrible people to work with .

ultron12345:
Depends on the perspective of the person speaking.

Employers tend not to like them, but Business owners love them.

I'll speak based on my experience with them, as a business owner.

Several years ago, I had serious difficulties managing various businesses I had set up. The staff dealt with me. Forging of invoices, theft of inventory, inflation of contracts, there's nothing they didn't do.

The Nigerian workers were out to finish me.
Like they say, "where person dey work, na there e dey chop, hence the name, workchop (workshop)".

You sack and replace them, the new ones continue from where the old ones stopped. They will even improve their techniques of stealing so as not be caught like their predecessors.

After trying so many methods to reduce all this, from utilizing tech and automating several processes, to involving relatives, it came to my realization that the only way to stop all this was to run the businesses myself, to be "on ground" always, but that wasn't possible. So I planned to start shutting them down and to focus only on one. I told a friend who was also a businessman about my challenges and plans, hoping he would be able to purchase some of the assets I was hoping to sell from the shutdown businesses. He recommended I hire indian management. I wasn't keen at first, but finally decided to try it.

To put it shortly, I eventually got an Indian manager for one of the businesses and it worked like magic. Business began to be good. Profit began to come in. For the first time, I could be away and still be confident and relaxed that my business is in good hands. Apparently, the business troubles we had been having weren't because of "bad economy", it was because of "bad workers" who were out to build houses on my head.

Today, the businesses are growing from strength to strength. All key positions are occupied by indians. If I'm starting a new business today, all key positions go to indians by default.

I have recommended the "indian solution" to so many business people, at least 5 of which have adopted it this year alone, and it has been good stories since then. Not a single one of them has regretted the decision.

The simple truth is that the average Nigerian is corrupt and is a thief. Those who have not stolen have not done so simply because of lack of opportunity.

And that's why our country is like this, after all, the leadership is a representation of the citizenry. Nigerians are a bad people and have rightly given rise to bad leaders.

Below is a post I made few years ago about this same issue.

John360comng:
All facts. Nigerian Employees no matter how nice you are to them will look for a way to steal wickedly from you.

I am currently thinking of how to solve this employee issue with my small business. I just fired one Niyi who was not only plotting to steal my phone with another staff just one week after he was employed. He was bullying another employee of mine to accept the stealing idea of his scheming to ensure that fuel purchase money was stolen and even came with some gang to threaten the other employee who was yet to agree to his theft idea.

The other girl, Rachel collaborated with another employee, Moses and her boyfriend who exposed her to forge receipts and take out 100,000 per day from my small business that we are even paying loan on. They had a target of 100,000 per day.

Imagine that?!!.

This is a girl who had nothing to feed on and was sick. That we took care of and trusted. What of Emma and the other ones I can't all recollect.

Nigeria Employees are wicked and ensure that Nigeria employers will never breath. They have this wicked idea that a business you spent energy and resource on building that you should never profit from it.

The Indian mgt will be so expensive for my small business unlike yours that is big. What other idea can you suggest for small businesses that can not afford the Indian mgt thing.

Anunakeeh:
You took loan bla bla bla

Can you swore with your life that you have never done one or two manipulation while you were working for someone??

The country rots is deep and dated back to the early days of the country. The country is purely built on deceit and wickedness.

Anunakeeh:
I agree with you on your assertions.

You sound like old money. I mean part of the people who made fortune when things were still working in the country.

In as much as i don't like nigerians too but do you know you also share in this rots and blame too? God go can never forgive most wealthy and rich people in nigeria because most of you are all part of the rots due to the dubious ways most of you achieved your fortunes.

Most Nigerians do not Treat Most Nigerians well thus the rots and menace in the country.

Surelay:
Well, very correct, but;


I have been working with olam for years and never regret for one second,,One of the best place to work as a staff.

Though, olam groups is multinational .