I Lost My Job When I Couldn’t Use My Legs Properly: Young Man Narrates How Companies Turned Him Down

• A young man, Eromosele Ebojie, got a job with KPMG auditing firm months after he was relieved at his former company
• Eromosele revealed that he tried hard to get a job as many outfits turned him back because they deemed him physically unfit
• The man's new role at KPMG allows him to work from home at his convenience with periodic attendance in the office

A young Nigerian man, Eromosele Ebojie, has taken to LinkedIn to announce that after several months of trying to get a job, he had an offer with KPMG.

In a LinkedIn post on Friday, August 20, the man said that since he fell sick more than 8 months ago and it affected his mobility, he has been searching for a job.

Eromosele got several rejections

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He said that his former work had to let him go on health grounds. Afterwards, three companies rejected him because they reasoned he was physically unfit.

Narrating his ordeal, he revealed that a company’s once HR told him:

“You should be sleeping, we don’t want your type here (referring to my current walking impediment). You won’t give a good look to our business.”

Keep pushing, you will succeed

Two months ago, a company did not allow him to proceed to the next stage of physical assessment despite the fact that he was more qualified than most.

His new job at KPMG gives him the opportunity to work remotely and report to the office occasionally. Eromosele, therefore, advised people to keep pushing hard at their goal irrespective of trials.

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Briefly News compiled some of the reactions to his posts below:

Kako Johnson Mavalla said:

"Congratulations sir. God is Good! I know you will once again smash it!"

King-Akanimo Nkundu said:

"I salute your courage Eromosele Ebojie. May God show you Mercy, heal and totally restore you."

Ikechukwu Enekwe said:

"Congratulations bro. This is great news. I saw you few minutes ago on the second floor. Wish you all the best in your time with the firm."

Ayodele Soyinka said:

"Welcome to KPMG! We are all different and in that lies our strength."

UK man who once worked as a cleaner shares why he treats everyone with respect

In more uplifting business news, Briefly News previously reported that an accomplished British psychiatrist has come a long way since cleaning the floors of a company where no one even acknowledged him. Today, the Lebanese immigrant has made it his mission to treat everyone with respect, regardless of their professional position.

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Heading to his Twitter account, @ahmedhankir shared his inspiring story.

The hopeful boy had moved to the UK at just 17 years old. His first job was working as a cleaner and Ahmed vividly remembers the utter devastation he felt when people would not respond to his warm greetings.

"My first job was cleaning floors. I remember how it felt when I said good morning to people and they wouldn't respond," he writes in part.

Today, Ahmed works for the National Health Service as a psychiatrist and makes a conscious effort to treat everyone with respect, regardless of their role.

Social media users from all over the world shared their reactions to the touching post. Many thought back to times when they had experienced this form of "work hierarchy" and condemned the behaviour.

Check out some of the interesting reactions to the post below:

@Welshbeard said:

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"I never trust a person who doesn't treat cleaners, serving staff and orderlies with decency and humanity. I grew up around people who were manual workers and cleaners."

@YankeeFiddler said:

"It's useful to remind people that if all the cleaners, orderlies, kitchen staff, waiters, all service staff disappeared, they would be up the proverbial creek without a paddle. There is no such thing as 'menial' work."

@freddymarshal said:

"I think in the UK, greeting colleague(s) implies you’re trying to patronise them. I told one elderly person at my workplace, it’s “un-African” to walk past elderly people, especially in the morning. At least, no Nigerian-trained person in his/her right sense would do that."

@Catman798 said:

"I was covering for my dad’s job when I was 17 and heard one of his “colleagues” tell him he was only employed from the neck down, broke my heart. 10 years later I was the boss of the guy who said it. Things did not go so well for him."

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@DebraDommen said:

"Totally outrageous so sorry for your callous treatment. This sums up the NHS for me as such a hierarchical organisation. I remember how shocked I was when I first started working in the NHS by the behaviours and attitudes which are seen as acceptable when they are not."

@BigTallTweets1 said:

"I have made sure that as a teacher, I've great relationships with cleaners in school. Without them, school couldn't open. We're on first-name terms & talk daily. They're all people with stories,families, feelings just like me... & my late mum- a cleaner of whom I'm very proud."

@captainbpd said:

"When I was a nursing intern I asked the cleaning lady how her weekend was, she didn’t reply so I asked again and she said, “Sorry I didn’t think you were talking to me, the nurses never talk to us,” and it broke my heart. We are a team, the hospital doesn’t run without all of us!"

Source: Briefly News