As someone who moved back to Nigeria to remain permanently after attempting to live in the UK, I can attest with complete confidence that this is not being talked about enough.
525,000 a year
10,000 a week
1,400 a day.
These are the number of men that die by suicide.
Happy Men's Mental Health Month.
To every man reading this: you are not a burden, and you do not have to carry the weight of the world alone. Speaking up is real strength.
one of the highest leverage things you can do is help someone with lots of potential early on in their career before they peak ....
you will think lil wayne is old. man is just 4 years older than drake but man idolizes him like a father.. no one will be UP forever.
Honestly, to be a public figure is really tough cos I’ll probably lose my mind if I’m grieving my spouse and I come online to see takes about me like this.
This is so wrong
My first job in the UK 🇬🇧 was pot washing in a fancy hotel kitchen 😭🇬🇧
On one of my first shifts, I decided to impress everybody with my “hardworking Naija spirit” 😂
The pile of pots and plates they expected to last 5 hours of the shift,
Omo I finished everything in 3 hours 😇😆
I was SO proud of myself.
In my mind I was like:
“Now I can relax small… maybe drink water peacefully and observe life” 😌
So I leaned on the dishwasher machine for literally a few minutes watching the chefs cook.
Little did I know…
All the sous chefs were acting supervisors and monitoring spirits 😭
“Chi is finished pot washing.”
I didn't even see the senior chef 🧑🍳 coming. One minute I was watching a man sauté something, the next minute there was a presence beside me.😪
"Right then. Since you're done —"
What followed next, I cannot fully explain with words, but I will try.😪
I changed tissue rolls in every tissue lock on the wall. I replaced the liquid soaps hanging over all the sinks around the kitchen,
I swept a kitchen that was already clean. I emptied bins that were barely full. I dragged bin trolleys OUTSIDE and cleaned them— with my two hands.
I brought out every single cup and plate that I had just washed, dried them AGAIN, and aligned them in the boxes so very carefully 🤣
The man found me work for the remaining two hours.
Every. Single. Minute. Accounted for.⏱️
I stood there arranging cups 🫖I had already arranged, and that's when the education hit me
This is not Naija 🇳🇬. Nobody here cares that you finished early. If they are paying you for 6 hours, you will WORK for 6 hours.😩
There is no "I've finished, let me rest small."
There is no leaning on the machine with your arms folded. There is no watching the chefs cook like you're a food critic.😩
If you finish your task find another one. Clean something. Organise something. Count the spoons and fork if you have to.
JUST LOOK busy. Because the moment they catch you idle, they will not give you rest they will give you purpose.
And their version of purpose at 2pm on a Tuesday is scrubbing a bin trolley in the cold outside.
That day I learned one of the most important lessons of working in the UK:🇬🇧
Your hours belong to them. All of them. Even the quiet ones.
I never leaned on that machine again. 😅
To every immigrant reading this — especially if you just started working here . Or you intend to work here,
this is not about being lazy or not. It's just a different work culture. The sooner you understand it, the smoother your journey.
No rest at work until you clock out.
A lot of people don’t realize that I’m not even scared of what reform will do. There’s a couple years to prepare for that.
I’m scared of Labour’s response in the coming months.
I thought we all knew the rules of the game nau, you must choose owner of ball for set .
Una nor choose owner of ball now he don carry him ball go house
Personally can’t stand when people are gassed by who can “PLAY” politics the best. You can’t understand that it’s literally the lives of the entire population at stake, it’s not a game, it’s a fucking job position. Like you can clearly see a certain candidate has no solid qualifications or desire to do the job well asides “ HE CAN PLAY POLITICS” and that’s what is getting some of you excited ?
🤦🏾♂️
This UK, person go dey spoil your life make the person dey ask “do you need a cup of tea”😢. Dem go dey report you to HR while asking “sugar or honey “😢
I have done 3 Final round interviews at Microsoft, one with Meta. A Senior role on my level at Microsoft was filled by a guy who was a VP, a Director, & a Senior Manager at other companies. I’ve never seen a job market like this in my life. But we no go give up.