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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by pocohantas(f): 6:38pm On May 04, 2020
Davash222:

Frankly, the community just don't like school. It's an oil community.

Don’t mind me. A lot of them are like that, the ones in government schools are the worst. Most people that taught during NYSC can relate to your experience.
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Kaceman(m): 6:38pm On May 04, 2020
paulGrundy:


am not sure it is. just as exam malpractice is prevalent in secondary schools. so it is also prevalent in banking. many of my colleagues do it. its like an open secret. management implicitly indirectly encourages it because it helps them meet their liquidity drive.

one of my line managers used to say this:

bring any type of money to the bank from any source, we will accept it, but do it smartly and don't allow the regulatory authorities catch you, or we deny you!

To let you know how prevalent it is in banking, a colleague of mine was implicated in a fraud scheme busted by the FBI all the way from USA that made headlines last year. her crime was that she did not do due diligence when opening the fraudsters account. the bank hired the best lawyers and fought her case, indirectly protecting the interest of the fraudster. after the whole ordeal she was promoted instantly to a branch manager. grin cheesy



Ee beta make dem die Dan to lose Dat beta client
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by membranus: 6:41pm On May 04, 2020
Kizzygentle:
In dis life there is nothing like right or wrong to succeed. Just be in d game and follow d trend. Gone are d days u try to be honest. Even honest workers are been fired for been honest and they regret not been honest. God himself will understand. Its survival. The world has changed and we need to be updated with d changes.

Leave God out of it, He is not a permissive Father, He has never and will never condone illegality.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by nitt: 6:41pm On May 04, 2020
God will reward your good actions in the face of temptation and deceit.

Pls stay on course by being upright.

This country need more of your kind

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by CrazyOptimist: 6:42pm On May 04, 2020
Wow!!!
Lots of saints on Nairaland.

Would you people do the same thing if you see correct money on the table, and knowing that you'll never get a caught?

That is when I can believe your sincerity, no be ontop primary school or WAEC expo runs where you are afraid you might be caught.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by cassyrooy(m): 6:42pm On May 04, 2020
pocohantas:




How am I sure you guys know what you were marking? Nigerian graduates are not so smart either. grin grin
Chim ooooo! cheesy Savage.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by ccollins(m): 6:42pm On May 04, 2020
Sermwell:

I think you are still eating from your parents pot!! Don't worry, when you get out there, you'll understand this things!!
Oh really! Is that an excuse. Look if we cannot trust God in difficult times .what's the essence of being a Christian. Do u know a lot of people who have lost a lot due to their sincerity but God still helped them. Oga go and pay your tithes from the little u get in sincerity and trust in God. Is that too hard to do with or without your parents

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by SavageBoy: 6:43pm On May 04, 2020
Op which church do you attend?? undecided
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by urchcoded(m): 6:48pm On May 04, 2020
Davash222:
During my PPA, we were forced by the principal to pass everyone after the 3rd term exam. The pain of wasting your starched shirt coming to school Monday to Friday, teaching SS1 blockheads that can't recite 36 states and capitals couldn't allow me to obey the principal's order. I added extra 10 marks to all of them out of my benevolence yet none scored above 50.
The principal asked me to re-mark the scripts, I refused. My head teacher did the wayo for them. The principal refused giving me clearance form for that month.
That's heroic however, there is no karma. Good people mostly do not get rewarded and bad people mostly do not get punished. The only reward you get for doing good in this world is self fulfillment of knowing you did the right thing. Always do the right thing even if no one Knows, you will always know

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by franugo(m): 6:48pm On May 04, 2020
paulGrundy:
a fraudstar once approached me with a deak to help him open an account and manipulate the system for him in order to evade surveillance of monitoring agencies e.g EFCC. I would gain about 5 million for every 50 million he wired successful plus I would hit and surpass my target. It was very tempting as an ET fighting hard to be promoted to an ABO, but my conscience would not let me. after having sleepless night, I called him and politely turned down the offer.
.

U want jump EA, SEA and fly to ABO
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by SocialJustice: 6:49pm On May 04, 2020
veave:



At times I just think one can never be good enough. These people make it seem like you'd have to always bend all the laws in order to make it in this life. Its tiring.
That is what life is in case you don't know. Nothing good comes easy unless someone else is paying the sacrifice for you.
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Dotng: 6:50pm On May 04, 2020
valentineuwakwe:


why didn't you objected to it at the meeting, yet you kept mute til the exam day to show case what your religion has taught you....

There is the need to exercise wisdom in handling cases like this. You do it on your own terms. It is their choice to be dubious and it is his choice to respond whichever way it pleases him. He does not owe them any response.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by membranus: 6:50pm On May 04, 2020
Ade3131:


Mind what you say in public space...... You signed an oath of secrecy bro.

Has he named any bank? More so all the banks are involved, therefore there is nothing to hide. Their Oga, the CBN, knows this and they just decides to turn their face instead.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by IamgratefulLord(f): 6:52pm On May 04, 2020
Kizzygentle:
In dis life there is nothing like right or wrong to succeed. Just be in d game and follow d trend. Gone are d days u try to be honest. Even honest workers are been fired for been honest and they regret not been honest. God himself will understand. Its survival. The world has changed and we need to be updated with d changes.
That's not true!! Honesty pays!! smiley
I'm a living testimony. Work hard, smart and be diligent with your work and add perseverance to it, then you'll succeed. Trust me! smiley

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Sermwell(m): 6:53pm On May 04, 2020
ccollins:
Oh really! Is that an excuse. Look if we cannot trust God in difficult times .what's the essence of being a Christian. Do u know a lot of people who have lost a lot due to their sincerity but God still helped them. Oga go and pay your tithes from the little u get in sincerity and trust in God. Is that too hard to do with or without your parents
What has tithe got to do with anything about succeeding in life!! How many successful people in the world pay tithe, please tell me!
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by nsiba: 6:53pm On May 04, 2020
Cladez:
Are you wiser than the people who made this statement??


"" when in Rome behave like a Roman""

"" if you can't beat them,join them""


Though examinations are just a measure of intelligence and not knowledge actually.
.

It is in d blood, his ancestors taught his great grandfather who taught his granddad, who taught his father and whose father taught him.
We now wait for the son to continue the family legacy of behave ''like the Romans or join em if u can't beat em".

Mike4S you really got to be proud of your ancestors

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Eberex(m): 6:54pm On May 04, 2020
This happened during my 4th year. We had this lecturer who likes to joke a lot during classes but end up spending 20mins teaching the course.

There was a day i was in his office , I don't know why I was there in the first place but there were two male students with him. I guess helping out in marking his exam scripts. He then said something out his course which I was taking. "The highest score is 75, an A by (he mentioned the guy name) who happened to be my close gee.

After I left his office I told my friend when I got to the hostel that he was the highest scorer in the man's course.

Days later the results were pasted on the board. My guy mark was a C. Haba! He was furious! He was one the intelligent guys in our class. He decided to go to the lecturer to demand his script. You know how this thing is in the university, it was very risky. He saw the lecturer and in no time I was called to bear witness to what I heard and what I told my friend.

This was a very risky game. My friend was ready to go to senate for this. What about me? If I told him i was there when he made that statement that the highest scorer was my guy, then it means he is lying and might turn out to be serious in the department. Mhen it was a dilemma for me. I can be penciled and never to graduate in the courses he takes.

I don't know what came over me but I summoned courage and went to his office. He asked me what I told my friend, and I replied him, telling him what he said and even the students that were assisting him to mark. I stood by what I heard him say.

Las las my guy grade remained at C. I don't know what happened but the lecturer didn't set me up or victimized me.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Jodera: 6:56pm On May 04, 2020
dangermouse:
As a HOD there are these two deligent, beautiful married ladies working under me. They have been confiding in me, one after the other, consigning our GM, who wants to forcefully bed them. i tried all i could then to make them ignore and face there duties until the GM mandated me to sack the ladies. When i refused after some months, a board meeting was called and the issue raised. I stood my ground insisting that if the ladies should be sack for just no reason, i was going to resigne. A month later the ladies were sacked and i made good my threat. Till Today the coy still wants me back with better incentives to the extent of calling the ladies back. Of cause they did not go back as i made sure to fix them where i am today with better work condition and incentives.
Hmm. Oga Hod!!!

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by faithfull18(f): 6:56pm On May 04, 2020
Kudos to you OP, I did lose a job because I wanted to do the right thing.

That was when I realized the world punishes the good and promotes the dishonest.

It can be painful but knowing the fact you pleased God, your conscience is clear gives relief.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by SweetCunt97(f): 7:01pm On May 04, 2020
Okoloo:
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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by ubcandid(m): 7:02pm On May 04, 2020
Sermwell:

I was going to read in school when I saw a new phone (infinix not 4) which someone forgot where we keep our bags before entering the library. I picked up the phone and the mistake I made was giving it to the security men at the entrance of John Harris library, uniben. About a month later, I saw one of them using the phone at the school canteen where I went to eat!! I was shocked!!
Hahahahaha. The smart thing would have been you holding on to the phone, the owner would call later.
BTW, how possible it was for the security man to bypass security on the phone got me thinking.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Ugmama(m): 7:04pm On May 04, 2020
Life
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Nobody: 7:04pm On May 04, 2020
Karma doesn't exists in Nigeria. Make sure when doing the right thing you have a plan b
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by CrystalMax: 7:06pm On May 04, 2020
Roon9:
Yea! I once got a contract job as a civil engineer. It was a federal project. Omo there were using 14 headpan of sand to 1 bag of cement.

First day on the job i was quoting BS codes upandan. It wasnt upto 1hour i got a call from Abuja (The contractor).

I hail naija
grin grin grin
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Kaypeeboss(m): 7:09pm On May 04, 2020
Roon9:
Yea! I once got a contract job as a civil engineer. It was a federal project. Omo there were using 14 headpan of sand to 1 bag of cement.

First day on the job i was quoting BS codes upandan. It wasnt upto 1hour i got a call from Abuja (The contractor).

I hail naija
You want dae use BS code for labourers, them go laff u tire oo

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by paulGrundy(m): 7:12pm On May 04, 2020
franugo:
.
U want jump EA, SEA and fly to ABO
the way our system works is from MT = ET = ABO = - - -

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Vanzcharles(m): 7:15pm On May 04, 2020
paulGrundy:


am not sure it is. just as exam malpractice is prevalent in secondary schools. so it is also prevalent in banking. many of my colleagues do it. its like an open secret. management implicitly indirectly encourages it because it helps them meet their liquidity drive.

one of my line managers used to say this:

bring any type of money to the bank from any source, we will accept it, but do it smartly and don't allow the regulatory authorities catch you, or we deny you!

To let you know how prevalent it is in banking, a colleague of mine was implicated in a fraud scheme busted by the FBI all the way from USA that made headlines last year. her crime was that she did not do due diligence when opening the fraudsters account. the bank hired the best lawyers and fought her case, indirectly protecting the interest of the fraudster. after the whole ordeal she was promoted instantly to a branch manager. grin cheesy
bros wetin u gain grin no siddon look oo
Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by seunH: 7:15pm On May 04, 2020
I remembered one case, around 2013 when I was handling a sensitive course for final year students. I personally usually made my course ridiculously easy so as to avoid these kind of rubbish. Fast forward to after their exams, that was when the deputy HOD called me and gave me 3 lists, the first one was the faculty list, second one was the HOD's list and the last, his own personal list. Luckily for me, been that the exam was ridiculously easy majority of those in the list passed my course without any assistance except for one girl like that. Merely seeing her you will know she is a runs girl because I had even caught her at night bribing the school security official at night while smuggling out of the school. When I checked her script, I saw she scored 9/70 in exam and her CA was around 10/30. I then told the deputy HOD that his request wasn't possible because even if I gave the girl 30/30 in CA (which is suspicious), 30 plus 9 is still 39 which is still F, and remember in tertiary institutions you don't keep exam scripts rather you return to the school hence cannot be easily manipulated because in future it can be vetted. Long story short, the man insisted I gave her at least C which I declined and that created bad blood between us. Its point of note that this man in now the HOD so you can imagine the rest of the story.....!!!!

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by golddare: 7:18pm On May 04, 2020
It's a narrow and rough road in a corrupt system but if you continue it will lead you to a great destination.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by puritysmart(m): 7:21pm On May 04, 2020
Mike4S:
I graduated some years back, and never wanted to teach in secondary school‎ because of the trends in Nigerian education. I took to the labour market and focused only on primary schools. As the job did not come, I decided to include secondary schools.

One later came my way and it was the later. Having stayed long in the unemployment line, I accepted the offer. I started teaching and it was as I thought before. Having the hindsight, I did not bother. After all before the examination I will have gathered some amount. 

My colleagues were particularly vulnerable to the impact of our boss. Whenever they discuss, they always say all kind of things about the pressure from the boss. They saw it as an act of routine expediency that had to be done.

First term passed, second term passed, at this juncture, she called a meeting and we mustered. The major thrust of the meeting was the strategy to engage to pass the children.
She did not call it exam malpractice. She used a euphemistic language. At the end, she asked if we understood. Everybody nodded yes and gave an affirmative answer. This was at the end of the second term.

Soon it was time for the exam and the staff time table was out. It was arranged such that every teacher on duty will be supervising exam on the day his subject was to be taken. 

Choosing principle of expediency, I refused to take part in the exam malpractice I was uncomfortable with. 

The woman called and persuaded me to engage in the shady deal. I kept mute but inside me I had already made up my mind like the biblical Shedrack, Meshack, and Abednego.

The next day, I was on duty and I insisted on my principle of expediency. She simply gritted her teeth and moved on with it. 

Sometimes it is desirable for people to be free of fear of attack or sack as the case may be in order to invoke honest opinion.

The woman endured it because she did not have choice than to continue with me. Guess what! Some parents were ready to go with me! 
She endured it until the term ended. I was not surprised when she called me and announced my exit. 

Today, I am happy that i'm teaching in primary school where I am not forced to do exam malpractice. I'm even happy to have my pay raised.
valentineuwakwe:


why didn't you objected to it at the meeting, yet you kept mute til the exam day to show case what your religion has taught you....
Mike4S:
I graduated some years back, and never wanted to teach in secondary school‎ because of the trends in Nigerian education. I took to the labour market and focused only on primary schools. As the job did not come, I decided to include secondary schools.

One later came my way and it was the later. Having stayed long in the unemployment line, I accepted the offer. I started teaching and it was as I thought before. Having the hindsight, I did not bother. After all before the examination I will have gathered some amount. 

My colleagues were particularly vulnerable to the impact of our boss. Whenever they discuss, they always say all kind of things about the pressure from the boss. They saw it as an act of routine expediency that had to be done.

First term passed, second term passed, at this juncture, she called a meeting and we mustered. The major thrust of the meeting was the strategy to engage to pass the children.
She did not call it exam malpractice. She used a euphemistic language. At the end, she asked if we understood. Everybody nodded yes and gave an affirmative answer. This was at the end of the second term.

Soon it was time for the exam and the staff time table was out. It was arranged such that every teacher on duty will be supervising exam on the day his subject was to be taken. 

Choosing principle of expediency, I refused to take part in the exam malpractice I was uncomfortable with. 

The woman called and persuaded me to engage in the shady deal. I kept mute but inside me I had already made up my mind like the biblical Shedrack, Meshack, and Abednego.

The next day, I was on duty and I insisted on my principle of expediency. She simply gritted her teeth and moved on with it. 

Sometimes it is desirable for people to be free of fear of attack or sack as the case may be in order to invoke honest opinion.

The woman endured it because she did not have choice than to continue with me. Guess what! Some parents were ready to go with me! 
She endured it until the term ended. I was not surprised when she called me and announced my exit. 

Today, I am happy that i'm teaching in primary school where I am not forced to do exam malpractice. I'm even happy to have my pay raised.

Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by paulGrundy(m): 7:21pm On May 04, 2020
Eberex:
This happened during my 4th year. We had this lecturer who likes to joke a lot during classes but end up spending 20mins teaching the course.

There was a day i was in his office , I don't know why I was there in the first place but there were two male students with him. I guess helping out in marking his exam scripts. He then said something out his course which I was taking. "The highest score is 75, an A by (he mentioned the guy name) who happened to be my close gee.

After I left his office I told my friend when I got to the hostel that he was the highest scorer in the man's course.

Days later the results were pasted on the board. My guy mark was a C. Haba! He was furious! He was one the intelligent guys in our class. He decided to go to the lecturer to demand his script. You know how this thing is in the university, it was very risky. He saw the lecturer and in no time I was called to bear witness to what I heard and what I told my friend.

This was a very risky game. My friend was ready to go to senate for this. What about me? If I told him i was there when he made that statement that the highest scorer was my guy, then it means he is lying and might turn out to be serious in the department. Mhen it was a dilemma for me. I can be penciled and never to graduate in the courses he takes.

I don't know what came over me but I summoned courage and went to his office. He asked me what I told my friend, and I replied him, telling him what he said and even the students that were assisting him to mark. I stood by what I heard him say.

Las las my guy grade remained at C. I don't know what happened but the lecturer didn't set me up or victimized me.

he was protecting his Integrity, thereby avoiding a scandal. remember you were the one marking the scripts. if he had awarded an A to you friend, jealous course mates would have said you were partial in marking by scoring your friend high marks. you are lucky though that he didn't set you up.

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Re: Ever Lost A Job Doing The Right Thing? My Experience Doing One by Mpanyi: 7:21pm On May 04, 2020
Sermwell:

I think you are still eating from your parents pot!! Don't worry, when you get out there, you'll understand this things!!

Forget it. We still have people, surprising many of them, that are still stubbornly honest with with good morals. Condition doesn't change them. They remain what they are, come rain come shine.

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