Help me! help me!! Hive learner dey carry me go where I no know(lol). Taking me back to the memories of places that have worked gave me a lot of emotion, also making me realize how far and well God has brought me. It's all by his grace.
I left secondary school at the age of 16 with the dream of getting into the university that same year but I forgot the family I was from, we had very limited means which means everyone has to contribute to the family. The trend at that time in my community was to go teach while waiting for admission but I always told my friends that I hate teaching, the salary was small and the stress was too much.
Right after graduating, my brother asked, if he should help me get a job where he was working as a teacher but I instantly turned that down even if it would have been the easiest job I would have gotten with an easy interview. Weeks after I can't just sit at home so I begin looking for a job, I wrote my application letter and I started submitting it to every job vacancy I saw within my qualification other than the teaching job.
After days of hustling for a job I got a call from an herbal company to work as part of their field marketing team, I went there and the salary was based on whatever you sell and it was also divided into two, you get 50% daily and the other 50% at the end the month which seems fair to me so I took the job not knowing that would be the worst job of my life, the first week started and I was excited, I started losing my beauty in the second week. I'm dark skin naturally but I got darker, all my clothes faded so fast because of the crazy sun, and my body odor became strong. I was ashamed to tell my friends where I was working. I had no time to hang out with friends or even watch the tv because I was always stressed when I'm back, the only day off is Sunday and that's for laundry. I remember when one of my brother's friends saw me and couldn't even say "hi" because of the way I looked, those that hawk water and drink on the streets of Lagos are cleaner than I was, I worked there for a month and a half before I left the job.
Four years later I got what I would say is the best job of my life, I got the offer from a friend of mine who works at the MTN office, they had an issue with the NCC and they had to register all their customers sim back. We resume work at 7 am and don't leave till 6 pm but I don't care because the work was fun and the pay was good, set aside the tips we get from customers for a job well done. I started as just a worker and it didn't take time before I was recognized as one of the very effective workers on board before you know it my name was everywhere due to the number of people employed to do the job, we had to be split into teams, and I was head of my team.
The job only lasted for two months but every time I remembered it, it brings me so many good memories. Fast forward to the last day, we had a party and I was surprised when I was called out to receive the award of the best customer care agent out of more than 100 people due to my interactions with customers and also my character among my co-workers. I met different people and made good friends. I met the love of my life and the two months felt like a lifetime, I'm still in contact with some of the people I met while working there.
Though marketing was my worse job, the experience I gathered there helped me in my other jobs and even in life because as a marketer you need to be able to know your client and if life permits me I would go study to be a therapist or psychologist.
Don't you forget you learn your best from your worst.
Thanks for the time
