If you haven鈥檛 gotten the memo, typical Nigerian employers want you to actually die for their company. That鈥檚 the only way you can prove your commitment.
So, you should learn to give them what they want, even if it’s eye service. Start doing these things today.
Always look serious
Laughter is for the lazy and unproductive.
Schedule all your emails to send at 1 a.m.
How else would they know you鈥檙e putting in the work?
Copy all your superiors in every single email
And we mean ALL of them. Flood their inbox with your productivity.
Call them at 7 a.m. on weekends
Just so you can beg them to give you something to keep busy.
Reject salary increase
Do you want them to think you鈥檙e doing it for the money? Reject any offer to increase your salary and watch their respect for you increase.
Be the first to resume and the last to leave
And if you鈥檙e working remotely, make sure everyone on Slack or Teams know that you鈥檙e still online doing God-knows-what.
Spill your co-worker鈥檚 secrets
Tell your boss about Cynthia that spent two minutes extra at lunch. Will your coworkers hate you? Yes of course. But this isn鈥檛 about them. It鈥檚 about becoming your boss鈥 favourite.
Praise your boss on LinkedIn
This is the ultimate move. Make their head swell and you鈥檒l be promoted to assistant CEO the next day, without a salary increase of course.
