Must Read: My Office, My Clients And My Career… [completed] Season 1

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Must Read: My Office, My Clients And My Career… [completed] Season 1

GM: Good morning everybody, I know you are seeing a new face
among us, lemme use this opportunity to welcome snakie to our
organization. He is joining us as a junior consultant…
Me:Good morning……………
GM:Tolu will show you your office, take you around and
introduce you to everybody one after the other……..This is not all
of us, we have so many other guys on the field working with
clients, you will get to meet them one after the Other as times
goes on…….we are one big family in this establishment and we
hope your joining us will bring bigger things to this
establishment.
That was the introduction I got on my resumption of office in my
new consultancy firm on the island. We occupied a floor in one of
the building around Amodu Ojikutu Victoria Island. Atleast it was
a good thing getting to work in a well established firm unlike all
the work I got in the past where the take home was really nothing
to talk about…..
After the early morning meeting that lasted about 30mins, I
waited in the GM’s office after which Tolu ushered me out. she
first took me to her own office…then we proceeded to other
offices. What I did for the next 10mins was greeting people from
one office to the other..it was a relief showing me my office at
last…………….
One peculiar thing I noticed in this office was that, it was as if my
female colleagues were hand picked particularly the consultants
that interface with clients, they all have almost the same
physique, body structure, very beautiful and attractive. My GM
who I learnt was the daughter of the chairman was in her mid
30’s wit a 6 yr old daughter, strict and doesn’t joke with work…..
(she’s a fearful lady that command respect from all the staff)
…….”i just hope I will be focus with all this babes around”
Five minutes after sitting down in my office, Tayo came in with a
carton in her hand…………..
Tayo:This is your laptop you will be working with……..can you
set it up or I should help you
Me:Thanks so much…setting it up shouldn’t be a problem
Tayo:that’s good…lemme install some apps and transfer some
stuffs BJ instructed me to do before you start using, you will
need to go through all the materials…..(our GM prefers to be
called BJ while we call every other person by their first name).
Me:Materials to read ke? Y reading again……..have done all the
reading in the university now, what am expecting to be reading
now should be money and not book again except for my masters
sha………..
Tayo:You are very funny, well that was my own thought too
before joining this organization 2 yrs ago but it has been the
other way round…………(she attached the flash to the laptop)…you
will enjoy it sha
Me:so, whats the size of the materials…………………….
Tayo:Not too much…just 25gigabyte
Me:25 kini? Kilobyte abi megabyte
Tayo:Gigabyte……………
Me:Whats in it………is it software or something?
Tayo:No…they are materials ……
Me:Ohk oooooo……………..Na money I come read here oo no be
book (said that jokingly)
Tayo:You can said that again………..we are good to go…here is
password to the wifi and I believe you should be able to install
skype on your system cos that’s the only medium we use in
communicating in the office and on the field…………I will collate
other guys ID for you so that you can add them to your
profile……………Once again, welcome to our office, we hope to
achieve great things together.
Me:Thank you tayo………………..


That was how tayo stepped out of my office but came back in
about 10mins with the user id of my other colleagues. As if BJ
was waiting for my response, she started bombarding me with so
many work through skype that I don’t even know anytyn
about….she will just send me a message and said……..
“kindly attend to this, guys on the field are waiting for your
response”
Before I finish working on one, another one will be waiting for me
(I do contact other guys in the office for the assignment and they
always give instructions to search through the materials and
look for necessary solutions)……..It was a workload first day.
Tayo buzz me up to know how I was doing with work and so
other guys too just to find out how I was coping for the first day
at work.
Our launch break was between 1pm to 2:30 and most times we
do go to canteen on the ground floor to eat..Akin and Bayo
knocked on my office door around 1pm…Bros, abeg leave work,
its time for break..lets go down and eat…..i locked my sytem and
make my way down with them
Akin:Bro, how are you finding this our work
Me:Interesting so far…
Bayo:You will surely enjoy it………………..
Akin:You know we enjoy being on the field cos that’s where you
get to learn about new things and some other interesting stuff
Bayo:What are the other stuff?
Akin:Na u sabi oooo
Bayo:Bros, abeg no follow this guy waka ooo…e go corrupt you
ooo……………..

Me:lolzzz…….
Akin:No mind am……….Bros abeg feel free ooo….ile lo wa ooo (na
house you dey oo)
Me:No problem bro
“good afternoon Akin” “a lady walked pass us on the ground
floor”
Bayo:How far with this babe now akin
Akin:We don dey like 3-0 already oooooo but I wan put am for
round figure den close her chapter
Bayo:Omo ise yi dun ju ko tibe lo (the babe sweet pass make u
close chapter now)
Akin: no mind the babe jare, she wan start to dey play love love
and me I no ready for that but ise e o ta lenu bi ara ile wa (she no
sabi do the work like our person)
“that caught my attention, who’s ara ile wa”
Bayo: O mean e…..so, with all her shakara, she no sabi ABC
Akin:no mind her, she no sabi A talkless of the B to Z……I trust
my baby
Whos is this baby, I guess that’s Question for the gods”
Bayo:Na u Bleep up now………………snakie, u no even they say
anytyn
Me:just observing ni jare
Bayo: Observing what?
Me:the work and the environment
Akin:Nothing to worry about jare, like we said earlier, u will
enjoy working here with us though our work is risky and so
demanding………
Bayo:No discourage am now…………
Me:I no I will cope, its nothing serious I guess…its just a matter
of time
Akin:That’s the spirit bro…na so e be when we sef first start
am…………..
Me:Na wah ooooo………….
Akin: U no see Tolu today? The babe make sense today oooo
Bayo:Yeah..i noticed jare but I just dey bone her since
morning……..
Akin:How far with her work now………………….
Bayo:Just dey there…..still on it
Akin:No dull ursef ooooo
Bayo:dull ke?
Akin: Bros, u no even they talk anytyn since…wetyn happen
Me:Notyn oooooo
Akin:hmmmmm, oya tell us little about ursef……