Abstract:
Work is an old as man but they very experience of work has changes from the earliest times to the
present. While work can be perceived as an activity people engage in within an organization to earn some
form of benefit, which can be monetary or otherwise, in other to meet basic needsof life, the richness of
the experience people can easily relate about their work is enormous. Using the social survey method
with questionnaire as instrument for data gathering, this paper examined the gender dimension of the
meaning of work in contemporary Nigeria. It was discovered that to both gender work means a mean to
earn money, that the reason why people work is to have a source of living, that both gender get committed
to their work to earn promotion and can frequently change their jobs for the propose of better pay. That
harsh economic situation in Nigeria makes retired worker to work on contract. The paper recommends
that worker pay should be improved to be able to prepare adequately for life after retirement
