The Top 7 Lies Nigerian Employers Tell Fresh Graduates to Justify Paying Them Little.

Nigerian employers, particularly those
running small and medium-scale businesses,
are mostly skinflints and slave drivers looking
to milk intelligent young people dry.
Time after time, eager and hapless job seekers
are enslaved, tricked into taking jobs that pay
far less than the effort required. This life of
accepting remuneration that isn’t
commensurate with work done is sold on a
platter of gold-plated deceit, cleverly
concealed beneath shiny advertisements of
the now-clichéd ‘vision of a brighter life’.
Open your eyes.
Below are six of the biggest lies Nigerian
bosses tell new graduates to get away with
paying them little (or nothing). File under
‘lessons learned’.
1. This is an internship.
2. We are restructuring, better days
are ahead.
3. We’re grooming you for a
management position.
4. We consider you a partner in
progress.
5. You’re like a son to me.
6. You haven’t served yet.
7. You’re not really qualified.