There are no menial jobs in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, France, etc.

I laugh at the ignorance and arrogance ot those a Nigerians and Africans who sneer I about those who relocated abroad doing what they consider as “menial jobs”.

There are no medial jobs in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Germany and other developed economies. None at all. There are no servants too.

A person who cleans the floor or cuts grass or clears snow or drives others or takes care of the aged or infirm or does security work for a company is not doing “menial jobs”. The person is employed and paid according to the number of hours worked like all professionals. And he can work in as an officer in a company during the day and work as a cleaner for another company in the evening or weekends.

You can’t toy with him. You can’t disrespect him. You can’t even afford him as your personal cleaner or driver or cook or “gate man” like most of us in Nigeria do.

Developed economies don’t pay peanuts like undeveloped economies like Nigeria.

In fact, once people relocate to other countries, many discover that their chains of degrees are not rated highly like having some skills. They drop their certificates and learn plumbing, carpentry, truck driving, etc, which pay well. Many plumbers, carpenters, electricians, mechanics, etc, earn more than those who work in banks, law firm, companies. If you need their services, most times they will tell you that they won’t be available until three months away. And when they eventually have the time for you, they will even charge you for the time they spend smoking cigarette. If you need them to remove an extra nail or bolt, they will give the bill for that. There are no stories about it.

Children start working and earning money from about 16 years, and nobody who works up to five days a week earns less than £1,000/$1,000/€1,000 per month. It is system that teaches people the dignity of labour, not sitting down and waiting for handouts.

Most parents don’t pay school fees for their children. The children work to raise money to do so, supported by scholarships and loans from government.

In developed economies, nobody cares about what you do or what you earn. You just make your money, pay your bills and live your life.

The cleaner or janitor or whatever drives good cars like every other person, lives in a good apartment or buys a good house, goes on holidays to different cities, and sends money to relatives in the home country.

In developed economies, jobs are available. Nobody is ashamed to do any job because no job is menial. There is no free money and there is no stolen money. You play smart (the Nigerian euphemism for stealing or corruption), you go to jail. That is why those countries continue to grow while blessed countries like Nigeria continue to regress and wallow in crisis.

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