Being A Professional & Being Replaceable
While working as a literature tutor many years ago, I was constantly on deductions, it was either paying penalties being late, or coming in 10 minutes late after my break, speaking to a clientele in a way that seemed to violate the rules, which affected the terms and conditions of the job, or being fined because of an unseaming situation where it looks like one is fraternizing with a co-worker or being even having to share a smile with a female student, all these attracted a lot of fine and before the end of the month, 30% of one's salary was already gone due to some rules that you inadvertently violated without having the intentions to do so.
Now, after I left the job, I discovered that these violations weren't really about instilling company's policies on the workers, it was about making sure you didn't fully earn what you're actually supposed to go get. On paper, they offer you a salary that feels decent but in their books, they already know the laws you'll violate no matter how careful you are, and so they end up paying you far less, it's all employer's tactical ingenuity.
To Disempower Or To Demonitize?
Of course, company laws are normal, this is always the mindset of a prospective employee, However when you're in already, they tend to twist some of these rules to prey on your weakness and cheat you off of your money. Some of these jobs employ people they can easily get rid of, this means that all their workers are expendable.
If a particular worker is bringing in an effort they're making sure they can actually replace you anytime, hence they're always trying to create a sense of rivalry; competition. In Nigeria, it's difficult to get a job profession that's indispensable, this is because for every job opportunity, let's say as a banker for example, there are Over 200 people vying for a particular position. However, many people are bringing manpower, having a degree that backs up profession but sadly don't have a skill that's jobs or companies can kill for.
Most times, people vying for jobs are always the problem, they always fail to create the mental possibility that they might be sacked and hence have another thing on the side.
So once your wages can equally pay another person, then you're on a leash. Since you're qualified on paper as the next employer, it makes these organizations invest in their business more and create a flexible situation where every worker can be replaced within a twinkling of an eye.
This is why they enforce laws and rules which you're very much likely to violate, it's a much more legal way of scamming. Most people opt to be professional on paper, but I'll tell you something. Having a profession is different from having a skill, a profession can be bought, a skill can also be bought, but more; it is garnered through learning and experience and one of the advantages of having a skill is that you don't need a company to activate its usefulness unlike a profession.
Better Than The Next
Most Nigerian jobs are tantamount to slavery and this is because, your last job is, somehow, always better than your next. This seems totally absurd on the surface, but it's very true. This phenomenon is why growth is hardly possible. Many people are working in very terrible conditions, but they've tried other prospects, and it taught them a bitter lesson. Why is this? Private sectors in Nigeria are the worst. This again seconds the idea that making money isn't about working hard and hence people should build more guile instead of more muscle, Most people are stuck in 9 to 5 without understanding these situational occurrences.
One thing is, hard work is currently dynamic, and it's more about what you can conceptualize irrespective of space or time. I have come to realize that the future of money making is being redefined, many are beginning to see a different path, while others are not. A profession should guide one to have an indispensable skill that could fetch them income even though they're not being bankrolled by a formal organization.
Replaceable At Any Slightest Provocation?
At the end of the day, it's very interesting to see how coy some of these organizations have become. So if you are replaceable, what makes you think they wouldn't hesitate to replace at any slightest provocation? Covid-19 for example was the slightest provocation that most of these organizations actually needed to sack people. Some are being asked to take am unreasonable pay cut that would be very difficult to sustain them.
In Nigeria, we have more graduates without skills, the vibes and the concepts. Instead of trying to establish themselves, they're vying for the honeypot of wealth. One thing is, people needs to stop giving private sectors the power of replacing them so easily. When everyone vies to become their own person, man power would be scarce and this is the only way private organization can respect and pay people what they outrightly deserve and even better.
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My name is @Josediccus, a young Nigerian entrepreneur who is a Vlogger, A Psychologist, Poet, Sports Writer/Analyst & Personal Finance Coach. I'm using my contents as a process to create shared meaning as well as create expressions through which people on/off hive can relate. I believe content is a process to be enjoyed and relished and I'm up for any collaborations in my field stated above. Cheers
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