It wouldn't be wrong to begin by saying the worth of salary pay isn't beneficiary to the majority of employed workers in my country. Even the civil workers sometimes have it bad, was having a conversation with a friend yesterday who was sharing the good news of his mom’s retiree salary since 2018 that just dropped last week after a long wait.
Coming down to everyday matters, I've in some way bumped into discussions of public drivers with fellow passengers like myself where discussion of being certified graduates, some with first class and yet when they set out for job hunting they either do not see or are granted jobs with peanuts as monthly income.
I began working at the age of 16years when I gathered children all around my neighborhood with a price tag of 2000 naira per child ($1.250), it wasn't directly the comfort "work-from-home" kind of work but it earned me at least 32,000 nairas ($20) a month. If not for the situation surrounding my home at the time. Getting out of the house, I've worked in shops and been paid differently by different people. I think my lowest income was 5,000naira approximately ($3) with my highest 40,000 ($25). The interesting part is the workload most times isn't by any means measurable to the pay.
On the other hand, having been familiar with some friends who work in one of the oil companies here in my country, the monthly pay feels favorable to them since it comes in heavy and not exactly delayed like the average man’s income.
I'll conclude by saying both sides have it's advantages and disadvantages and that's certain. But in my own opinion, I'll be a freelance than an employee especially not at this time of my life. As a hustling young girl with an inspiring mind, being an employee wouldn't work for me not because it's totally bad but because I believed in building my stand which is currently my main focus right now.
Photo Credit Is Mine