Anna’s* career path has been dotted with job switches since she finished NYSC in 2018, for reasons completely unrelated to her competence. Her first job as an accountant for a small firm in Kaduna ended abruptly after 4 months and backbreaking labour to clean up years of shoddy record-keeping and set the firm on course... Read More

culture, rape, Rape culture, sexual harassment, workplace

September 5, 2017

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How to respond to annoying work emails professionally

Reality has dawned. You’ve just said goodbye to four days of chills, good fun and freedom to fly the middle finger at every work-related email that dropped in your inbox over that period. You’re sitting at your desk this morning experiencing post-holiday blues, trawling through your stack of emails and wishing God to take your... Read More

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boss, colleague, Emails, how to, Work, workplace

July 17, 2017

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20 terribly annoying work phrases we all use

These euphemisms and catch phrases surfaced at work for a purpose — to help people deal with certain issues that they found difficult to talk about. Next thing we know they had become office buzzwords or work phrases that expanded and infiltrated our regular vocabulary till ur everyday conversations started sounding “off key”, Lol. Yes,... Read More

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catch phrases, language, offices, work phrases, workplace

October 11, 2016

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Don’t miss out on this: Celebrate your workplace hero with Kotivu.ng

We all have that one friend, mentor or colleague that inspires us to be the best we can be. Guess, a person just came to mind. Smiles! Kotivu.ng wants to celebrate your workplace hero. Those that have influenced your choice of career. The ones always on the lookout for your welfare, checking to make sure... Read More

Kelvin Erhonsele: Workplace Discrimination and the Law (Y! Legal)

by Kevin Erhonsele Discrimination often occurs when a person is treated less favourably than other people because of a protected characteristic defined by the law. Such characteristics may be disability, gender, race, religion, age or marital status. Prior to ‘Nigeria’s’ encounter with the western world, paid employment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was virtually... Read More

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June 12, 2013

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5 (subtle) signs of gender discrimination in the workplace

by Suzanne Kleinberg Giving last minute jobs or impossible deadlines to a woman in an effort to prove that she cannot complete tasks due to child care issues is a form of discrimination. The Civil Rights Act and various state legislations strive to protect women from gender discrimination, but how do you envision this workplace prejudice?... Read More

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June 2, 2013

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Office sex: 10 men and women share stories of their workplace sexcapades

Sleeping with your coworkers can be a tricky business. (Just ask Melanie Griffith halfway through “Working Girl.”) But according to a recent survey conducted by Business Insider, a whole lot of people get romantically (or physically) involved with their colleagues. We were curious about the realities of office sex — did most people have positive experiences? Terrible... Read More

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March 20, 2013

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5 workplace irritations that can actually boost productivity

by Jacquelyn Smith “Think about it this way: If you’re in a quiet space, you’re not using your brain at its maximum intellectual capacity–but when tossed into a venue with noise, the bar is set higher, and your brain is being challenged at an entirely new level.” Most full-time employees spend more than 2,000 hours... Read More

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February 27, 2013

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11 reasons your co-workers hate you

by Aaron Gouveia Maybe it was something as huge as taking all the credit for a game-changing business idea, or something as small as chewing gum too loudly at their desks. But whatever the reason, we all have coworkers we absolutely hate. And some of us are that coworker — whether we realize it or not.... Read More

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July 28, 2012

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#ABetterYou: 10 Ways to overcome workplace procrastination

by Towanna Freeman Everyone has one form of procrastination or another. The worst place for procrastination to happen is easily the workplace. With several people depending on one person to get something done, procrastination slows down the process as a whole and delays your company’s ability to make good on certain deliverables in the promised... Read More

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