Nigerian Employee’s Work Ethic Makes Her Employer Raise Nigeria Flag [Photo]

The Nigerian flag was recently hoisted by an American multinational company, Stericycle Inc., in honour of a hardworking new employee, Mrs Omolanke Shelle. NAN reports that 38-year-old Shelle, an indigene of Ekiti State, works at the company’s facility in Aurora, Illinois. .



This came barely a month after Stericycle gave the mother of three a full-time job, following the expiration of her temporary employment that lasted for about five months. Her supervisor, Mr John Katchka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Shelle was honoured on account of her “attitude, work ethic, ability to learn and team spirit’’.

Shelle said that she started working with Stericycle through a temporary employment agency when she moved to the U.S. with her family in 2015. “When we came to the U.S., I had to work to assist my husband with the bills; besides I want to return to school, so I need money.

As a temporary staff, I was supposed to work for eight and half hours from 7 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., but I begged them for overtime, which they granted. Saw me working for 12 hours (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) on week days and six hours most Saturdays, and I was being paid about $11 per hour,’’ she said. Shelle also revealed that she is the only African working at the Aurora centre

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