The banks should start paying them per hour even if it's just 700 naira per hour. Only then will this nonsense of over working workers will stop given the fact that the workers will surely be paid for over time.

cokeraguda: THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF ECOBANK NIG STAFF BY ITS MANAGEMENT

It has come to our notice that the management team of Eco Bank Nig Plc for upward of 2 years have decided to treat its staff like slaves. They make the staffs work till very late from Monday to Friday, and compel them to be at work on most saturdays and sundays. Please in God's name who is the Group head Operations of the Bank, who ever you are, this is not being productive or getting the best from your staffs. you compel staffs to be at there desks on saturday and sunday under the disguise of

Customer Account Update
KYC
ATM Update
Customer migration
Banking software migration

it must be noted that Eco Bank Nig is not the only bank that either acquired of merged with another bank, how come years after staffs of the bank are still compelled to go to work on saturday and sunday.
All i would like to know is if Eco Bank Nig were to be paying its staff on hourly basis, would this be happening?

It is not only in Ecobank. At least this happens in GTB and Access.

iv4fb: @table leg, u don't have to let out ur frustrations or go the route of insults in a public forum. We can deliberate on issues without fighting.

What is this one talking about?

I am not frustrated abeg and i am not interested in fighting anyone

So so sad an issue! Some of us really shud think of small businesses. We all can't wear ties and pose in the suave offered by the bank jobs. Especially wen u're a contract staff. It's tough in this country but one had to make a move. Cos really the situations won't change so u need to change your situation.

~ZN~:
@OP Do you work at Eco-Bank?

what if he does?

If not, why do you want to "take panadol for another man's headache" as someone would say?

You should be your brother's keeper. Not being our brother's keeper makes us vulnerable at all times. This vulnerability is one of d main means d government, d politicians and company owners continue to use to hold the people down.

And What's the point of this thread? So the Nigerian Citizens stage a protest against the said bank?

If need be.

These people know what they signed up for and if they can't handle it, they are always other options.

slave mentality.

...Rather than concern yourself with what your government should do for it's citizens, you're bothering yourself with the working hours of a firm.

what the OP is doing is exactly what the government should be doing 4 its citizens. If the government will not fight for its citizens, the citizens will/should fight for themselves.

We should stop being selfish.

Most of the employees are overweight so they need to be overworked for them to shed some weight..

timmymc06: Tnxs Bro if u fink eco bank iz worse cheek first bank and see discrimination @ d highest level.

U think first bank is evil, try wema bank.... If u dont hv tribal marks, nothing for u, not just any type of tribal mark..... I mean does extra long ones that confirms that u will descriminate against any body that is not from ur place....
Unprofessional monkies

Am an A/C holder in eco bank. Sincerely speeking in terms of mgt,since wen eco bank had aquired oceanic bank their service is so worst, they sack a lot of workers, d few once left are too small to carry d task........... To deposit money problem.to receive palava......their ATM is the greatest prob......in a short while if d problems is not rectify i fink i av to close there acc

I get amused by the outburst of some of my mates on nairalander.the marriage of the banks have brought about so many headaches to the management of the bank.several things were actually wrong with the old staff of oceanic bank and this is what is being presently addressed in form of training and re-training to bring them to the same page instead of sacking them i was reliably informed and this is actually paying off as evidenced in the branches nation wide.All the management of the bank required is a good customer service practises from all the staff and this envidenced in their atm machines in the recent time.
@ops,you and your complainants can just resign if you are not comfortable with the mission and vision of the bank for a first class pan african bank and first three banks in nigeria where your job will be secured.

Hmmmm the guy that said they pay them fat salary,do u knw dat majority of them are contract staff and nt thier core staff?the outsourcing firm takes like 4 to 5 percent of the original salary they are suppose to pay.its just the Ops head that delays issues sometimes.so u need to be in the system to knw wat is really goin on there.happy sunday people

What are the facts of this post? Workers in Nigeria are routinely abused; their contracts ignored, work life balance thrown out of the window, harrased and intimidated with queries, sack and disciplinary action. Is this an exclusive preserve of the financial services? NO.
A deeper and more worrying problem in demanding staff to be at work at the weekends might indicate inefficient business processes, insufficient staff strength, cash flow problems

I laugh at those who ask others to find a new job or the sort, the poster is highlighting some of the real issues plaquing Nigeria as a country, lack of worker rights, no consumer protection and a long list of anomalies. smh

..aka (sanusex)..... Is dat a drug?

Op ur talking about working weekends at eco bank? Dont try zenith bank in that department. U dont just work weekends, or even work very late, THEY PAY PEANUTS! after declaring profit of 100billion. Worst of all, they use bsc holders, (I mean engineers, accountants, mgt grads) as contract staff. All these are the results of the high unemployment rate in Nigeria. They feel grads dont have a choice but to take whatever jobs that come their way. Smh...

My ppu 1st of all God bless mama Ibru.eva sins Eco bank has acquired oceanic Bank,the life nd tyms of d 'legacy oceanic bank staff' as fondly cald has neva remain d same.the inhumane treatment we were subjected to made som1 lik me and many more to resign or ao wud u xplain a 247 sunday 2sunday hard labour wif salary decrease. Let start frm d tellers,a teller is xpected to atend to a customer widin 3mins yet dey won't consider the merger nd d no of legacy eco bank customers dah ll visit d branch.u r threatened wif memo if ur atm is down a second so u r xpeted to be in d ofiz ova d wikend to chek on d atms.on the marketers' side,a branch now av less dan 5maketers dependin on the size of d branch nd dey xpet performance with dis ppu subjected to crazy target nd humiliation @dia monthly MPR.@ author u 4gt to add;
-Encoding
-flexcube trainin 4legacy oceanic bank staff
-customer's update 2mention bt a few.
Ma question is wat ll it cost eco bank to alow oceanic operate as it were usin finacle sins it now have d lagest no of branches in 9ija can't it remain a subsidiary of eco bank nd stil use basis to treat its transactions? Lot of questions bt no ans. Pls let's criticize objectively

benefits of capitalism

There are millions of graduates out there who are ready to take that job at even lesser pay. God bless Nigeria!!!

joshua idibia: YES! They do. Sometimes i pity dem. Dy work like I-robots. Unlike d eva lazy U.B.A workers.

i lack words 2 respond 2 u. If they were lazy they wouldn't get paid. i guez u wish u'd work in a bank and earn half their pay...maybe u only have N200 in dat account sef. lazybone!

Its everywhere,not only banks.

joshua idibia: YES! They do. Sometimes i pity dem. Dy work like I-robots. Unlike d eva lazy U.B.A workers.

Wetin u no mean self. My nephew wey just get a job at UBA early this year tell me say he works in d marketing dept of the bank and said that he's always under pressure and scared at work because they expect him to pull in
at least 50million naira per month n up to 300000000million naira towards the next six months ie by d end of d year, n far he's only been able to pull in just 3million naira n he knows that his job is at risk. There's currently a thriving slave system in d Nigerian banking industry n this sytem has to be abolished through any possible means

So I think it's hightime there's a regulatory body which caters for d welfare n rights of the banks' labor force in Nigeria

234GT: I think the poster started this thread to ridicle bankers and make them look like slaves. He or she did not start the thread because of any genuine concerns for bankers.
Bankers are hated worldwide because of their so called fat salaries, but hey, the salary you call fat becomes nothing to you after you have earned it for six months.
I go to work on weekends atimes and I enjoy it. I am a banker and I love my job. My friend resigned and took up a job that paid far less than what he was earning because he said he was overworked. He did not complain to anyone!

What unit do you work in?

[quote author=kaysy]Is it only EcoBank? what of GTBank & FirstBank, i think there should be a regulatory body to monitor the inhuman treatment staffs suffers from the banks they work.

I thought this has earlier been corrected, Bros it is not STAFFS but STAFF be it singular or plural.

Candybob: anoda slow bank... I am going to close my account with firstbank for not shortlisting me!

the way i closed mine with access bank,mk only those below 24 yrs after nysc dey patronise them.mtschew...

Table Leg :


Stop chatting nonsense....
If anyone is not happy, they have options, it is not by force
Do you know what is in the contract anyone affected signed in the first place?
If they signed to work at anytime they are needed, then you guys don't have a case...

Hope you are not a beneficiary of the product of there inhumane working condition.
There are labour laws both nationally and internationally meant to reconcile the interests of the employer and the employee so as to guarantee a harmonious working environment. Should either of the parties breach any of the labour laws it is then appropriate for the other party to cry out.
If the reverse were the case, would you support the employees?
It is obvious the workers are being made to pay for the colossal corruption that occured before oceanic acquisition.

I commend the initiator of this thread for his observation. Honestly as a staff of the bank,what we are faced with in terms of managerial decisions being melted down to branch core and contract staff as customer facing agents does not commensurate with the salary. I bet the management of these banks ignore the risk staff are exposed to when people of the underworld know they will surely meet them there. Let us not forget it was worse than this and CBN had to intervene. There used to be Saturday banking. Now the major reasons for weekend banking as a partaker of the stress are as follows
1. Low over head of staff. Inadequate staff. A lot of customers' requests which can not be totally treated during the week due to over load on just one staff is been carried over to weekends.
2. Technology Issues: a bank which used to service a small population of customers with a software platform has now acquired another bank which used to service a larger population of customers with a more robust software and wants to keep the old software for whatever reasons. What do you expect?? Conflict of mission, vision and purpose at the peril of staff and customers
3. Government Policies and Target: the FG wants a cashless society but are the banks and customers ready even if the staff are ready?? How many nigerians have access to the internet for internet banking? What is the population of people who are aware of e products and channels? Hence the old customer wants to still deal in cash therefore tellers who are supposed to handle less cash, balance quickly and go home, are still battling with 70 percent of customers who are still resisting change.
4.Associated Stress. Imagine a bank staff who lives at Sango and works at Apapa!!! Imagine a bank staff constantly being sexually harrassed by different customers with a few millions!!!! Imagine a mother of 3 children as a bank staff and a threatning husband. Saying I will kill you if you don't resign!!! Imagine a bank boss working in terrorist and kidnapping prone areas! A staff is still in the papers wanted. He was last seen taken away by kidnappers. Imagine the kind of productivity these people will bring to the table!!
5. ATM. If no one goes to work during weekends, who will service the ATM with cash. This is not an excuse because it can be outsourced and let the staff who has been working from monday to friday at least rest
6.UNGODLINESS: imagine receiving a mail on Friday evening from management saying you must come to the office on Sunday by 10AM or the following Saturday when it is supposed to be a relation's wedding and you've bougth everything or Sanitation before 7AM or Easter. A respecter of God will not do such.

You can tell by my essay am a qualified and proud banker. I will not wish this slavery on anyone. Instead I will advocate you build your own business so your children won't have to choose the life we chose.

jeebz:
What unit do you work in?

Funds transfer. Anything?

Table Leg :


You are daft beyond description!

happy Sunday.. Hv a blessed week..

kabaka1:

Wetin u no mean self. My nephew wey just get a job at UBA early this year tell me say he works in d marketing dept of the bank and said that he's always under pressure and scared at work because they expect him to pull in
at least 50million naira per month n up to 300000000million naira towards the next six months ie by d end of d year, n far he's only been able to pull in just 3million naira n he knows that his job is at risk. There's currently a thriving slave system in d Nigerian banking industry n this sytem has to be abolished through any possible means

So I think it's hightime there's a regulatory body which caters for d welfare n rights of the banks' labor force in Nigeria

Your nephew is in heaven, come to my bank, marketers here get as high as 2billion and risk getting sacked every year if performance is not up to 80%

Funny enough , sometimes the sacks are justifiable and reasonable no matter how bad it may look . In the end , the remaining people who were not affected by the sack would agree with management. Banking industry is a commedy.

I don't work with ecobank but I know somewhere in their policy it states that noone should be in the banking premises after 7pm. Its so in my bank but yet you still see people working till 8pm and sometimes 9pm. Its inefficieny IMO and trust me if management gets to notice, a lot of Memo's would fly around for a lot of persons.

Ecobank? Run for ur life o. My first experience of blackout in a bank was in Ecobank umuahia. 30minutes gbam. Men I wanted to even close my account but them no want gree o.

234GT:


Funds transfer. Anything?

Lol, in sane climes, you'll be jobless. Funds transfers can be done personally you don't need a banker to do it.