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@EniolaStocks This is so real! 💯
Everyone becomes a compensation advocate when they're on the receiving end.
Most people who want employee ownership from their companies have never voluntarily paid their domestic staff above market rate.
Nigerian employees are celebrating the story of 400+ SpaceX employees who reportedly became millionaires after receiving SPCX shares and benefiting from the company's NASDAQ debut.
Many are asking: "Why can't Nigerian companies reward staff like this?"
Fair question.
But here's another question:
How do you treat the people who work for you?
Your driver. Your nanny. Your cleaner. Your security guard. Your shop attendant.
Do you pay them on time?
Do you give bonuses when business is good?
Do you help them build wealth or only help them survive?
It's easy to demand stakeholder capitalism from your employer while practicing feudal capitalism at home.
The same people praising employee ownership today often negotiate aggressively to save ₦5,000 on a domestic worker's salary.
Wealth creation starts with culture.
Before asking why your company isn't turning employees into shareholders, ask whether you're helping the people who work for you become financially better off.
Everyone loves employee ownership when they're the employee. The real test is whether you believe in it when you're the employer.
There's decent research showing that performance alone doesn't predict who gets promoted or who gets a raise. Visibility, relationships, and timing all play a role, which is uncomfortable because it means the system isn't as meritocratic as most job descriptions imply.
Your next salary increase may not come from working harder.
It may come from becoming more visible.
Great work is important.
But great work that nobody knows about is often overlooked.
Do you agree?
@OpeoluwaMargret Both damage you, but differently. A low salary limits what you can do financially, and a toxic boss changes how you see yourself at work.
@boye4christ2006 Going through this thread and the most frequent answers are "yes," and that's because leaving usually feels riskier than staying. When pay isn't very good and options are slim, people absorb a lot. And that's really sad.
We would love to hear from you. What does inclusion look like where you work — Is it reflected in everyday decisions, or does it mostly exist on paper?
Many workplace inclusion challenges can be traced back to the way organisations are structured.
Diverse teams perform better when supported by fair systems, clear processes, and equal access to opportunities. The research is clear on this.
The work is in building those systems
Many workplace inclusion challenges can be traced back to the way organisations are structured.
Diverse teams perform better when supported by fair systems, clear processes, and equal access to opportunities. The research is clear on this.
The work is in building those systems
Nigerian workplaces are among the most diverse in the world; different ethnicities, languages, religions, ages, and educational backgrounds, often in the same office.
But research describes most of them as "high diversity, low inclusion."
63% of the difference in how well Nigerian employees perform comes down to one thing most organisations are not actively managing.
The research from Nigerian organisations tells us something interesting...
Managing workforce diversity looks a lot like getting your organizational design right.
It is: clear career paths and role structures, pay practices that are transparent and consistent, defined criteria for promotions, development opportunities, and recognition
When people believe opportunities, support, or access to information are influenced by background rather than clear processes, trust begins to break down.
And when trust breaks down, organisations often lose valuable talent, experience, and institutional knowledge.
That means the differences already sitting in your organisation have a direct, measurable impact on how well your people perform; for better or worse, depending on how they're managed.
A study of Nigerian public sector organisations found that gender, age, and educational diversity together explained 63% of the variation in employee performance; with educational diversity carrying the heaviest weight of the three.
63% of the difference in how well Nigerian employees perform comes down to one thing most organisations are not actively managing.
The research from Nigerian organisations tells us something interesting...
Most organisations that use the word "family" at work mean well, but meaning well is not the same as building well.
When there are no clear roles, no structured pay, and no documented expectations, culture becomes the only thing holding everything together. And culture alone -
is not strong enough to hold people who feel overworked, underpaid, or invisible.
Gallup's 2024 research found that 4 in 10 employees who leave cite culture as the reason. Most of their leaders did not see it coming.