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Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by equlibrium(m): 12:35am On May 15, 2015 |
allanphash7:no mind all this yeye ppl wey dey tel am zenith. na we wey wear shoe know as e dey pinch 3 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by thefakestan: 12:39am On May 15, 2015 |
equlibrium:I know but when u have frustrated customers, I don't think u'll enjoy working there. Except u r one of the "back 4 group" peeps. 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by SunkyAde: 1:47am On May 15, 2015 |
Take the two year contract. Work hard and save a lot for the next 5 years to start a business by the side. They are all slave drivers and may never make the contract permanent. Used to be there. Your future is in ur hands. For an idea of a part time business WhatsApp me on 08098987272. |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by digitsolution: 2:04am On May 15, 2015 |
My brother go for UBA, zenith is all about packaging their pay isn't fabulous, and trust me as a contract staff no promotion or confirmation. Secondly if your HR for zenith is peopleplus my brother run for your life man 3 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by Tinyemeka(m): 2:17am On May 15, 2015 |
IdiAmin1: I beg to differ. There are banks with job security almost similar to Federal civil service and they are ZB and FBN. It takes a lot (integrity issues and maybe gross incompetence) to get sacked at ZB. I've heard of several layoffs at UBA but none at ZB within the same period. The time ZB did mass sacking was when they dropped IT staff at branches. @OP, one cannot compare the security of working at ZB with UBA. ZB is far better. However, I don't know why they introduced this contract thing. It's just so unlike ZB. If they told you conversion after 2 yrs and you feel you are ok with that sal, then take it. ZB staff tend to have a better bargaining power when they wish to move to another bank. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by Chivasex: 2:28am On May 15, 2015 |
Please go for Zenith as UBA doesn't have a structure and they are pretty spontanous 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by luminousity(m): 2:41am On May 15, 2015 |
My friend, both job are definitely contact jobs and they will surely renew your contract after 1 or 2yrs respectively (except you lack competences in carrying out your duties). The chance of converting you to a full staff is like 10/100, So just pick the one that has a better salary structure. 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by caniva(m): 4:15am On May 15, 2015 |
I have no bank experience but pretty sure my advice might help you. As you can see folks here are coming up with a whole lots of options To get something; all you need do is; -Take a paper -Do a checklist of the options i.e Zenith, UBA and Indeference. -Now go through all the response and start ticking them accordingly. After you are satisfied enough, say about 5-pages. Then pick the highest number. Very simple Tally. God will be your guidance. Ameen 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by abbeyoye2001(m): 4:21am On May 15, 2015 |
My advice! Pls go for UBA. I am in deep shit today working for zenith and wasting my 7 yrs. All my frds in Uba re now working in big organizatiion today with d litttle experience they acquired. U just work only in one place as contract staff 4 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by ETHIX(m): 4:41am On May 15, 2015 |
If you choose zenith u may regret it for the rest of your life cos after the 2 years contract another contract will be given to you and you will not be converted. May people are there going on 3 years contract without conversion. Forget any name. That will not add anything to you in the long run. If you tell people this in zenith when you start work their response will definitely make u think again if not cry. Most people in UBA left zenith at a point in time. Uba will be better in terms of career advancement which zenith will never give you. After a year contract in UBA u will be converted to a full staff but Zenith will not 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by emmylee097: 5:36am On May 15, 2015 |
I will suggest you go for UBA not only will you have the possibility of being staffed you also got a chance of not being sent to marketing (which everyone is scared of). Zenith yes do have a brand but the peopleplus program will tie you down for @least 5years as a contract staff which is not applicable for UBA. STILL YOU CHOICE SHA. But I must suggest you go for UBA period |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by vichyke: 6:30am On May 15, 2015 |
Bros, am currently a banka with 1 of dem and will strongly advise u go for uba. Zb no send deir staff ooo. Dey only care about their managers and above cadres. True talk. 4 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by Nelrulez(m): 6:51am On May 15, 2015 |
cigie:A friend of mine bagged a contract job with zenith early this year and I think the monthly pay ain't upto 60k on paper(58k) but when he resumed, he was fortunate to work in their trade services dept and that gave him an edge of 10k over his colleagues. |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by fyneconcepts: 7:05am On May 15, 2015 |
Just to keep urself bizy take any of them that's more convenient for you. I would say Zenith cos of the brand name. there is currently nothing like career development in either of them. Trust me I know. While ur their keep looking for another Job, your level of confidence shows u can get another. Better to take 40 or 50k from a small accounting firm than 80k from these two banks. With the accounting firm in 2-3 years u will be far better of than if u stayed in the bank, plus u will have a better defined career path. The ultimate decision is still urs to make. Cheers! 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by Olutola88(m): 7:12am On May 15, 2015 |
equlibrium:The part you said Zenith will never convert a contract staff to a permanent one |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by 2Cents: 7:29am On May 15, 2015 |
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Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by HouseT: 7:35am On May 15, 2015 |
Guy....this is how young graduates do it at zenith...get that name in your cv (zenith )and move on after 2-3 years better company will be looking for your professionalism...learn to work for experience and brand..remember where you start your career matters...better still save enough from there and move for your master abroad after working with zenith fir 2years ..by the time you are coming back to work with any blue coy ...you don hammmmaaa...gud luck. |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by spacohill3(m): 7:49am On May 15, 2015 |
Bullshit! Take UBA 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by iGeneral: 8:01am On May 15, 2015 |
I will be brutally candid with you. If your idea of working is build a career in banking, I will say you haven't found a job yet even as you claim to have two. I don't know of UBA but Zenith will most likely recruit you as a "Transaction Officer" with 80k monthly salary with no other allowances. As a transaction officer, you are stuck on that level until your contract will expire. If the bank still needs your services, they will renew the contract on same terms and you start the cycle again. This job is basically a sustenance or subsistent job. It absolutely holds out no career progression prospect.. If you do take it, start immediately looking for how to move to the next bank that will offer you a professional and not a contract offer. NOTE: Zenith doesn't have a practice of converting contract staff to professional staff even if you are as qualified as Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. All the best. 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by dpresido(m): 8:02am On May 15, 2015 |
Please sincerely answer these questions and send me a PM thereafter so we could talk. *Where did u write ur entry level test? *Where did u do ur medicals(after seeing their ED I guess). *What job role is Zenith offering u? Customer services or Marketing? |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by Nobody: 8:08am On May 15, 2015 |
2Cents: You just hit the nail bro, it wasn't easy under peopleplus o. Thank God I ran! 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by kulex2k1(m): 8:13am On May 15, 2015 |
UBA after 1 year chances of retaining u is very likely.. Zenith i doubt dey will retain u after dat 2yrs... trust me! 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by iGeneral: 8:14am On May 15, 2015 |
Tinyemeka:This is a classic example of how people become experts in what they have absolutely no knowledge about. Up till 2008, Zenith offered job security. But from then on, they fire at will. You are wrong to say the only mass sacking in Zenith was of IT. Zenith did mass sacking in December 2009, April 2012 and many more since then. As I type, the bank is already compiling the list for the next round. This gentleman here needs honest advice to take a life changing decision. So don't tell him what you don't know anything about. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by zwalda(m): 8:20am On May 15, 2015 |
cigie: Career wise,i would recommend Zenith Bank. |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by eluquenson(m): 8:35am On May 15, 2015 |
My candid advice for you is read the terms of the contract very well before you conclude on which ever suits you. I work in a bank & this contract of a thing doesn't last longer. The type of contract uba offer now is not to absorb after completing your one year but to renew. Ask people working with zenith how their contract job looks like. 1 Like |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by highlygbaski: 8:37am On May 15, 2015 |
Zenith receives application through peopleplus every day! U wanna know y, cos fortunate and smart ones resign on a daily basis. I can confidently tell you as a former zenith contract staff dat zenith is not d best place to stay. Ur pay is 75k and nothing else! I mean nothing else! U will be offered renewal letter after 2 yrs and if you think it will look good on ur cv...don't dull..it's a lie. I was told in diamond bank dat my experience in zenith isn't a banking expexperience. Thank God I was able to escape d slavery even b4 renewal. Contract job in the banking sector is rubbish pls. I'm sorry I don't know much about Uba...But I'm sure dey are beta if you are converte. ZENITH ET pay is among d lowest in d industry and u can spend up to 4 /5 yrs in dat level. Pray for God's guidance sha...Tho I pray u get anoda job opportunity entirely different from those 2 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by bluice2(m): 9:01am On May 15, 2015 |
UBA Am a banker, but not with any of the mentioned banks. BR 2 Likes |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by cigie(m): 9:11am On May 15, 2015 |
Mixty: Thank you very much... i appreciate the mods for putting this on front page |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by cigie(m): 9:16am On May 15, 2015 |
Taylor86: I get your point...but i have also received guarantor forms from both banks. so you would agree with me that there's a good chance to eventually get both jobs. hence i think weighing my options is in order. thanks |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by cigie(m): 9:33am On May 15, 2015 |
eyoiba: The HR during the interviews at UBA stressed on the high possibility of absorption after contract. as for Zenith, i have heard of some contract staffs that have exceeded their 2years contract. they got their contract renewed. so i think there is a better chance of UBA confirming one's appointment than zenith. I stand to be corrected though... to everyone that has contributed, i deeply appreciate *still reading comments* |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by cigie(m): 9:40am On May 15, 2015 |
equlibrium: Thanks sir |
Re: Please Help Me Choose Between Zenith And UBA by encubed(m): 9:41am On May 15, 2015 |
eyoiba: I know someone who has been on contract with Zenith 3years no confirmation but UBA 1 year is 1 year. Take UBA. 1 Like |
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