5 Nigerians on Their Worst Remote Working Experiences 

As the cost of living gets higher and adulthood gets more serious, almost every young Nigerian wants to secure a good source of income. Ideally, one they can do from the comfort of their homes so that they don’t spend extra money commuting to and from the office. However, working remotely in Nigeria is not a walk in the park, as everything from internet connection to terrible power supply is out to get you. This week, we asked 5 Nigerians to share their worst remote working experiences.

Judith

I saw a virtual assistant job and I applied. The guy was a chronic liar on his WhatsApp status. He would constantly boast about making $1000 in five hours and whatnot, yet he couldn’t pay me a measly 40k for my work after the first month. I tried dragging him on social media, and even fell sick in the process, to no avail. He called me a fool for trusting him.

Lucas

Last year, I saw an opening to write articles for this blog that paid ₦1 per word. Out of desperation, I took it. The posts were usually about a thousand words, which meant I would be getting ₦1000 per post, but the topics were very obscure, which made it difficult and time consuming to even do research for a single one. After I had finished slaving away to get it done, the editor would then slash the whole thing, give me multiple queries and I’d end up with 700-800 words. That was ₦800 for all my troubles, and I could only turn in four per week because I was also juggling school.

Gideon

I worked for a real estate consultancy agency as a telemarketer. Everyday, I had a quota of numbers to call. Most of them were rude, others were kind enough to refer me to their emails before ignoring my mails. I did that for a month and didn’t get paid because the payment was by commission, and I wasn’t able to get any customers.

Sammy 

I grew this guy’s Instagram account from 0 to 10k followers. When it was time to pay my balance, he claimed he didn’t have money and kept giving excuses. He promised he would make the transfer in two days. After one week, I messaged him again to ask for my money. He started insulting me and said I’m disturbing him because of ordinary 25k. I quietly blocked him on WhatsApp, then went straight to Instagram to delete the account. 

Ugonna

After staying up all night to write a book for him so he could meet up with his MAB, I started hearing different excuses and stories. One day, he said his account got blocked, the next he was on his way to the bank to sort it out and he got robbed. I gave up and left it for him after waiting almost a year for him to pay up. Mr Ade, if you’re seeing this, you’ll pray for bread and get stone.