im a recent graduate of electrical/electronics engineer and work in a new, non-structured private oil and gas firm as an engineer trainee with a salary far less than 100k. please, who can help me with the salary range of graduate sales trainee of Guinness Nigeria PLC (entry level). How is their well fare package and promotion rates like? is it a wise idea to leave my current job for a sales position in Guinness? soonest, i will be going for salary negotiation, so i need to have an idea. its urgent. (MOD: please FRONT PAGE)

If its a direct recruitment and not a contract staff then u shld concider urself lucky as you can't gett less than 150k as a graduate. Wish u goodluck

DavFem: If its a direct recruitment and not a contract staff then u shld concider urself lucky as you can't gett less than 150k as a graduate. Wish u goodluck

yes, its a direct employment by diageo, the parent company. do have any idea on their wellfare packages, how frequent is job promotion and job security?

If you ask me, I will recommend that you stay put at you current job. It might not fetch you much in terms of pay but I can assure you that the sacrifice will surely pay off many times over as you would have acquired the requisite skills and experience to accelerate your growth in the industry and then the big bucks starts to flow in.

The downside to what you are about to do is that though you might think that the sales job will provide financial advantage but in the long run, you could be stuck in a position for quite a while and in the end you put your career in a limbo, wherein you miss out potential opportunities that are prevalent in O and G for people of your skill set.

I have friends that opted for banking in the hey days when there money to be made in banking instead of gradually building their career in oil and gas.
At this moment, some are out of their jobs and those that stayed put in O and G are greatly reaping the benefits

My two cents and all the best!

deenee: If you ask me, I will recommend that you stay put at you current job. It might not fetch you much in terms of pay but I can assure you that the sacrifice will surely pay off many times over as you would have acquired the requisite skills and experience to accelerate your growth in the industry and then the big bucks starts to flow in.

The downside to what you are about to do is that though you might think that the sales job will provide financial advantage but in the long run, you could be stuck in a position for quite a while and in the end you put your career in a limbo, wherein you miss out potential opportunities that are prevalent in O and G for people of your skill set.

I have friends that opted for banking in the hey days when there money to be made in banking instead of gradually building their career in oil and gas.
At this moment, some are out of their jobs and those that stayed put in O and G are greatly reaping the benefits

My two cents and all the best!

Exceptional career advice.

@Op
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