LIFE & WORK
Right here have been my causes
In January this yr, I acquired a job provide with a terrific relocation package deal . Earlier than this provide, Finland was an nameless nation to me. I used to be unfamiliar with this lovely Nordic nation with a very good financial system and high quality of life which is obvious of their awarding because the happiest nation on the earth for six consecutive instances.
The relocation package deal that got here with the provide was good. It got here with a two months lodging provision, flight allowance amongst others. My interview course of was easy and the interviewers at each stage have been nice.
In one of many interviews, the interviewer confirmed curiosity in how I might take care of the Finnish climate, which I had figured solely days earlier than the interview to be chilly, extraordinarily chilly, compared to the new local weather in my house nation. My interviewer’s direct curiosity and concern was to me admirable and deepened my curiosity within the firm and eliminated any doubt that had lingered on the earlier levels of the interview course of.
On the thirtieth of January 2023, after about 4 levels of interviewing, I acquired a proposal from the corporate. The provide, along with the tangible and intangible perks, when contrasted with what’s typical of compensations and perks for the same function in my nation made it exhausting to not contemplate the provide.
Within the upcoming months, after signing the contract, I begun the works surrounding buying my specialist residence allow for Finland.
As the times handed, and I continued to arrange for what would grow to be my first ever journey exterior my nation and the African continent, I surprisingly begun to expertise inside conflicts with my resolution — in regards to the employment contract I had signed — about leaving household and mates. I used to be excited in regards to the alternative, nonetheless, the issues saved creeping in and tainting my pleasure.
My issues and apprehensions continued to intensify as the times for my specialist residence allow interview in Abuja, Nigeria, drew close to. The apprehensions compelled me to evaluate and perceive my combined feelings about what was going to be a life altering resolution.