Andella

oluwaseyi000:
Why we were fired?
I joined this company last year March, they have the highest number of software developers I'm Africa and I was loving life, the salary is great with breakfast and lunch

They keep on employing so many software engineer with time the engineer become more than the available job, I saw it coming but I don't know what the board was thinking

2. How did the firing process happen?
We have a global (online) meeting which people are asked not to miss, I was not even listening very well to what they are saying, the president said there are more developer than engagement to they have to let some people go, a mail was sent to all impacted people and I discovered what has just happened

Almost 400 people has been fired across Africa

3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

The company is actually a great one, they brought in pychologist to speak with us, bring in different recruiter, and other stuff, most importantly the payoff was reasonable that I can afford a Mac laptop of almost half-a-million

Luckily for me I got another reasonable job in less than 3 weeks of been retrenched

CokeBar:

Yes yes, I agree

I don't mean to be judgmental but CokeBar, you asking your friend and he responded, tells us that - it's still the same Nigerian mentality of seeing nothing wrong in giraffing aka copy/copy as they do in schools, plagiarizing in high institutions, using other people's brain/intellect as if they were the originator etc that haunted you there.
Do you agree...there's a whole lot of absurdithings Nigerians are fond of doing, and of which they don't realize how wrong and sometimes evil they are, until they travel out or encounter it consequence as it was in your case ?

As for me, I've never got fired on a job as I can count the number of times I've ever worked for a company, organisation or someone. I'm more or less under the category of the self-employed, however in the few times I've worked under a company, I once did threw away the first salary given to me in an envelope. It was a terrible week for me.

Flier:
Dont hurt yourself she’s probably lying,they don’t pay 750k to learner monthly
Those that earn such amount monthly works with bank not a learner like this poster

Lol, learner? Do you know what a remote company is? please read up.

Gudlite:


As Acçountant wey I be, this 750K is it monthly take home or annual Salary?

nigga trying to cut the cake to his ego

CokeBar:
Share your experience with us if you have ever been fired. It would be better if we can share:

1. Why we were fired?
2. How did the firing process happen?
3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

Well, in my own case, Dangote simply layed us off while still on probation without any known reason till date. Some actually spent 7 months on probation instead of 6 months stated in the offer letter, the remaining half spent 5 months before the termination of appointments. About 800 of us employed as infamous Truck Officers. We're still in court of arbitration to get our benefits because he didn't give us our due benefits throughout the short period that we worked with him. The salary was nothing to write home about, we were just hoping that things would improve after the confirmation of our appointments as permanent staff. The job was equally stressful in a poor working conditions. Even to discharge your duty, you had to spend one third of your meager salary (photocopies of work-related documents, constantly recharging your lines to call six drivers several times a day, everyday, data subscription for the job, unending transport cost within the factory, etc)
If I'm invited for the same job today, I will gladly pass. Because, people always asked me if something was wrong with me at the time due to too much stress.

oluwaseyi000:

Why we were fired?
I joined this company last year, few days after finishing my NYSC, they have the highest number of software developers in Africa and I was loving life, the salary is great with breakfast and lunch

They keep on employing so many software engineer with time the engineer become more than the available job, I saw it coming but I don't know what the board was thinking

2. How did the firing process happen?
We have a global (online) meeting which people are asked not to miss, I was not even listening very well to what they are saying, the president said there are more developer than engagement to they have to let some people go, a mail was sent to all impacted people and I discovered what has just happened

Almost 400 people has been fired across Africa

3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

The company is actually a great one, they brought in pychologist to speak with us, bring in different recruiter, and other stuff, most importantly the payoff was reasonable that I can afford a Mac laptop of almost half-a-million

Luckily for me I got another reasonable job in less than 3 weeks of been retrenched


I always laugh when people complain there is no job in Nigeria, less than 5 month after leaving my previous company I have turned down almost 4 other offers some even paying than my current one

Andela

Okpa042:
A senior colleague in a government firm I worked with one time told me before I got employed, that there was this particular lady who got fired because she disrespected the gatemen. She called them derogatory names because obviously she is an "office worker earning higher" just because they didn't open the gate on time for her to pass in the morning. The Chief Security Officer got notified by the security officers and he took the complaints to the main oga oga (apparently not the first time oga had recieved various reports about her), long story short. She got fired that same week and replaced 2 weeks later.

I am happy to hear this. The oga that fired her is definitely not a woman-wrapper and simp. Some men would have excused her behaviour because she has a vagina. Good to note we still have strong men in Nigeria.

Kunzhar:
You paid for cheating in a test. Exam malpractice karma.

Yes, yes...

My case wasn't that of being fired. The company I was working with went under. Like, the company (electronic payment company) had a contract issue with her client company (power distribution) and my company's contract with her client company was abruptly dissolved. Over 200 of us (contract staff) came to work that day and was denied entry to our office(which was inside the property of our client company).

In fact, we saw other people sitting on our seats. Ridiculous. Gate was shut at us and we all went home.

God works in a mysterious ways. That 60k contract job ceasing, led to me activating a network that I always had but never asked for help from. Now we are Federal pikins. Make Buhari no owe us salaries o

When you have a very high paying job, you do anything in your power not to get sack.
Be on your best behavior, do not come late and work efficiently.

mayor10:
Too many broke inclined people on nairaland..There are companies paying millions to remote workers.
IT is the real deal..I'm glad I studied engineering anyways.


Yeh, it was during my nysc days, I was so sure of being retained at my company but was surprised when the boss told me they would have loved to retain me but the workload has reduced and thus my services will no longer be needed after nysc.I wasn't really sondevastated but I was pained. But like God does his magic , I got a job willing to pay x3 of what I was to earn in less than 1 week.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel

Awwwn, congrats.

Everyday, I thank God I studied computer science

For a job ur paid that much I’m sure they expect u to know what Ure doing. Asking for the answer During an office test isn’t one of them bt we see such as normal here in naija. So sorry

CokeBar:
Share your experience with us if you have ever been fired. It would be better if we can share:

1. Why we were fired?
2. How did the firing process happen?
3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

So, I’ll start:

Sometimes last year, I got an unbelievable offer (well above #750k) at a remote company. I bought a PC, subscribed for large data and set-up a workspace. On Monday which was resumption day, I turned on my PC, logged in and started the online meeting… everything went well for the first day and I got introduced to my colleagues. My friend and I actually got employed for same position, so we usually chatted while working. To be onboarded, we had to install a productivity monitoring tool on our PCs, we were told everything we did on the PC would be captured if the tool was turned ON but I really don’t know why I cared less.

On Wednesday same week, we had a short and simple test, during the test, I asked my friend for an answer as I wasn’t so sure, he responded and that was it.

On Thursday, I had a quick one-on-one call with my manager, I was fired. Apparently, I wasn’t supposed to ask for assistance while taking the test. I apologized but the answer was a straight NO (you sabi how oyinbo people strict). So in other words, I was sacked because I cheated ☹.

Well, they paid me for the few days I worked �

I have experienced other sad situations, but this has to be the worst. I was so depressed, the following Sunday, I went to Church and it was while Pastor asked us to greet our neighbor, I remembered I didn’t brush… LMAO.

Now, I got something with abit lesser pay but still very chilled

abeg give me link to this 750k job.
I'm almost done with nysc

Olalekank:
I've not exactly been "fired" but I literally ran away from a company where I interned once the internship was over.

I was given tasks I wasn't happy with and the company didn't really give the chance/opportunity to grow

Japa

Go and buy beans tasks abi . We've been there

southniyikaye:
in my present situation, 750k is looking like rocket science to me sincerely.

lolz, it's well.

oluwaseyi000:
Why we were fired?
I joined this company last year March, they have the highest number of software developers I'm Africa and I was loving life, the salary is great with breakfast and lunch

They keep on employing so many software engineer with time the engineer become more than the available job, I saw it coming but I don't know what the board was thinking

2. How did the firing process happen?
We have a global (online) meeting which people are asked not to miss, I was not even listening very well to what they are saying, the president said there are more developer than engagement to they have to let some people go, a mail was sent to all impacted people and I discovered what has just happened

Almost 400 people has been fired across Africa

3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

The company is actually a great one, they brought in pychologist to speak with us, bring in different recruiter, and other stuff, most importantly the payoff was reasonable that I can afford a Mac laptop of almost half-a-million

Luckily for me I got another reasonable job in less than 3 weeks of been retrenched

Andela is written all over this story.

philip0906:

My guy easy...she's obviously a tech person and techies (devs,products,QAs,enterprise architects etc) earn that much and higher.

una no sabi work


Average wage in tech industry in America is 50k dollars a year

U expect me to believe that an employment via remote connection is worth 24000

There are customer care agents in America that dont take home 18k a year

Make una take am easy

Flier:
Dont hurt yourself she’s probably lying,they don’t pay 750k to learner monthly
I T guys that earn such amount monthly works with bank not a learner like this poster

Oga learn to read and comprehend, she said she was outsourced by a foreign company as a remote staff so why should you be skeptical about the pay. Besides a certain Demios.io pay their remote staffs over a million a month and there are also Nigerian tech firms paying above #750k a month.

motionarena:
I sacked from a secondary school I was working because I was bangging one ss2 student.

God forgive me but the girl was the one tempting me badly

Hm... hope you learnt a lesson?

Fragility6:

Its not as if we are saying its a lie but hearing sumbdy earning diz amount in diz country is very very rare

Those that earn even more abound.
Sharpen you skills, broaden your mindset.

I am not into job work much.
Early this year, I got a job which I quited after 3 days.
Even the one I'm into now is for the main time to raise capital for my own biz and also keep busy.
Also trying to add to my passive income stream.




God go help us sha
(The fear of things going wrong sef nobi here)

oluwaseyi000:

Why we were fired?
I joined this company last year, few days after finishing my NYSC, they have the highest number of software developers in Africa and I was loving life, the salary is great with breakfast and lunch

They keep on employing so many software engineer with time the engineer become more than the available job, I saw it coming but I don't know what the board was thinking

2. How did the firing process happen?
We have a global (online) meeting which people are asked not to miss, I was not even listening very well to what they are saying, the president said there are more developer than engagement to they have to let some people go, a mail was sent to all impacted people and I discovered what has just happened

Almost 400 people has been fired across Africa

3. Aftermath of being fired… how did you feel, have you recovered, did you get something better?

The company is actually a great one, they brought in pychologist to speak with us, bring in different recruiter, and other stuff, most importantly the payoff was reasonable that I can afford a Mac laptop of almost half-a-million

Luckily for me I got another reasonable job in less than 3 weeks of been retrenched


I always laugh when people complain there is no job in Nigeria, less than 5 month after leaving my previous company I have turned down almost 4 other offers some even paying than my current one

Andela ?

iamJ:
una no sabi work


Average wage in the tech industry in America is 50k dollars a year

U expect me to believe that an employment via remote connection is worth 24000

There are customer care agents in America that dont take home 18k a year

Make una take am easy

Gosh, how can you type with so much ignorance? Jeeez!!! so $15/hr is impossible?

oluwaseyi000:
Why we were fired?
I joined this company last year March, they have the highest number of software developers I'm Africa and I was loving life, the salary is great with breakfast and lunch

I know the firm. The name starts and ends with an A.

Mariangeles:


Mr Honourable sir, I sight you!

Hahahahahahaha....the truth was that I had gotten a better offer a week before somewhere else and was waiting for the end of the week. She was the only one who knew sha.

Andela promotion


Una try

My appointment was terminated after 15 years of service and my gratuity forfeited after diverting sales. Went through terrible times and after a few tears, became a business owner.
Working on buying out a troubled business as a second business Currently as a birthday gift to my love.

I also pour out my mind on this blog which I intended for affiliate marketing in the nearest future.

Alqintara.
Doing online stocks and considering FX as another good avenue.


The difference is just very clear. You can't afford to be an employee in this information age generation.

Use your God given talents to make a difference in your self and impact on your family and society in general.

Meanwhile,contact if you are interested in bakery and confectionery set up including recipe generation and implementation,and power equipment, generators, UPS and consultancy for your new or existing business.

jaxxy:
For a job u lr paid that much I’m sure they expect u to know what Ure doing. Asking for the answer During a office test isn’t one of them bt we see such as normal here in naija. So sorry

Yes, yes, I have learnt my lesson.
Thank you

Well, my own reason is rather simple, I was asked to inflate the amount required for acquiring certain company goods. The person that asked was my boss. I refused!!!....well you know d rest

Wow... Interesting!

Alphaman007:
750k � and i dey collect 40k see gap. Inside life

710k gap inside life bro

Mariangeles:

Those that earn even more abound.
Sharpen you skills, broaden your mindset.

No vex o but sharpening ur skills n broadening one's mindset is the hardest part of self development. How can one do that?