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Work Life
From navigating office politics and dealing with difficult bosses to attaining work-life balance and achieving career growth, each edition of Work Life series captures the essence of what it means to work in Nigeria today.
Whether you’re the average Nigerian worker or the exception, which of these unique realities of working in Nigeria can you relate to?
Shola* had one terrible work experience that changed how she approached every job opportunity. While she’s also had great moments in her career, she shares how she found the strength…
George* is a software engineer working remotely for an international company, but he still lives with his parents. While this puts him under serious financial strain, he has a way…
Living with sickle cell comes with dealing with so much pain. For Aaron*, his parent told him to stop working after two years, promising they’d take care of his needs.…
Titilola* has an inspiring story of entering the professional world early in life. Over the past 18 years, she has honed the delicate art of navigating office politics — finding…
Adebayo* always knew he would be self-employed, so he began his work journey driving for platforms like Uber and Bolt. Six years into the business, he now owns a car…
Sarah* has been working since she was 16 but officially got gainfully employed six years ago. She expected herself to have gone beyond where she currently is and blamed it…
John* is an engineer who had an unconventional career journey littered with disappointment and weird experiences. Now that he’s gotten his dream job, he still wished he had gotten some…
Timi* spent three years working for employers and had bad experiences, including being treated like a child. Today, she is a content strategist and social media manager who runs a…
Chude* believes that working with a private company does not give the kind of job security a government job gives. After trying for five years and getting scammed, he’s still…
At 27, Chioma* has already made it to a senior role at a Nigerian tech company and has an offer she’s considering from a foreign company. Yet, the more she…
Mayowa* has only three years of professional experience being a developer, worked with both amazing employers and less-than-ideal ones. While he currently codes for a living, his plan is to…
Theo* swears by some principles; one of them is not making demands. He simply does his job and expects his bosses to pay him what he deserves. He tries to…
Kemisola* had to leave two jobs even though she didn’t have another one yet for reasons she considers weird. She summarises what she’s learnt in almost four years of working…
Stephen* is bothered about the economic situation of Nigeria and he doesn’t feel financially safe if he doesn’t double his pay every 18 months, so he job-hops. So far, he’s…
Kelechi’s husband travels all over the country. And once his transfer comes, she has to travel with him, especially since it’s the early stage of their marriage. And this has…
The highest number of jobs Michael* has juggled in his seven-year career is three, but the third one only lasted for a few months. But he believes working multiple jobs…
There’s a possibility that Tunde’s last relationship wouldn’t have failed if not for his job. Now, he has decided to suspend relationships till further notice as he builds his career,…
Statistics show that Millennials only stay at their jobs for 2.8 years. It’s 10 years for Boomers. Donald* is an outlier, spending an average of six years at a job.…
Dozie’s* story is a breath of fresh air. He shares an interesting story of self-learning fullstack software development while in school, finally landing a job that’s absolutely worth the wait.
Charles*, a digital marketer, has one major goal for working — to make money — and if changing companies as many times as possible will help him achieve that, why…
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Shola* had one terrible work experience that changed how she approached every job opportunity. While she’s also had great moments in her career, she shares how she found the strength to work again after such a difficult chapter.
George* is a software engineer working remotely for an international company, but he still lives with his parents. While this puts him under serious financial strain, he has a way of managing his responsibilities without getting overwhelmed.
Living with sickle cell comes with dealing with so much pain. For Aaron*, his parent told him to stop working after two years, promising they’d take care of his needs. He agreed since he’s not certain of how long he’ll live.
Titilola* has an inspiring story of entering the professional world early in life. Over the past 18 years, she has honed the delicate art of navigating office politics — finding ways to embrace its benefits even when she’s uncomfortable with it.
Adebayo* always knew he would be self-employed, so he began his work journey driving for platforms like Uber and Bolt. Six years into the business, he now owns a car and has a vision to own a fleet through the skills he’s learning.
Sarah* has been working since she was 16 but officially got gainfully employed six years ago. She expected herself to have gone beyond where she currently is and blamed it on some of her life choices,
John* is an engineer who had an unconventional career journey littered with disappointment and weird experiences. Now that he’s gotten his dream job, he still wished he had gotten some things right earlier.
Timi* spent three years working for employers and had bad experiences, including being treated like a child. Today, she is a content strategist and social media manager who runs a digital marketing agency.
Chude* believes that working with a private company does not give the kind of job security a government job gives. After trying for five years and getting scammed, he’s still hopeful he’ll get one someday.
At 27, Chioma* has already made it to a senior role at a Nigerian tech company and has an offer she’s considering from a foreign company. Yet, the more she accomplishes, the more she questions if she deserves to be where she is.
Mayowa* has only three years of professional experience being a developer, worked with both amazing employers and less-than-ideal ones. While he currently codes for a living, his plan is to solve problems with tech.
Theo* swears by some principles; one of them is not making demands. He simply does his job and expects his bosses to pay him what he deserves. He tries to stay out of trouble but took a risky move of dating a co-worker.
Kemisola* had to leave two jobs even though she didn’t have another one yet for reasons she considers weird. She summarises what she’s learnt in almost four years of working into six lessons that’ll help newbies.
Stephen* is bothered about the economic situation of Nigeria and he doesn’t feel financially safe if he doesn’t double his pay every 18 months, so he job-hops. So far, he’s worked three jobs in four years and has 1000x his pay over that period. Which generation do you identify with in today’s workforce? It’s a…
Kelechi’s husband travels all over the country. And once his transfer comes, she has to travel with him, especially since it’s the early stage of their marriage. And this has cost her a job and other job opportunities.
The highest number of jobs Michael* has juggled in his seven-year career is three, but the third one only lasted for a few months. But he believes working multiple jobs is not bad. He also has an interesting idea about work.
There’s a possibility that Tunde’s last relationship wouldn’t have failed if not for his job. Now, he has decided to suspend relationships till further notice as he builds his career, calling it a distraction.
Statistics show that Millennials only stay at their jobs for 2.8 years. It’s 10 years for Boomers. Donald* is an outlier, spending an average of six years at a job. But it’s not for the reason you think.
Dozie’s* story is a breath of fresh air. He shares an interesting story of self-learning fullstack software development while in school, finally landing a job that’s absolutely worth the wait.
Charles*, a digital marketer, has one major goal for working — to make money — and if changing companies as many times as possible will help him achieve that, why not? He’s now on his fifth corporate job in five years.