Although PostNL plans to cut two to three hundred jobs in 2023, this should be seen as an opportunity for the rest of the economy, according to Professor Arnoud Boot. “The Dutch economy has essentially been short of people for 25 years, so we have to start thinking about how to use the supply of people.”
According to Boot, it’s not postal deliveries that PostNL wants to save, but rather on all kinds of office functions. According to Boot, the postal company runs the risk of running out of existing employees, so nobody gets to do anything and everyone is very stressed. On the other hand, he points out that the amount of people doing hidden jobs is also high. «These are superfluous functions, in this case perhaps an office one. But that number is huge,’ says Boot.
Boot sees this development not only in the office sector, but also in education. “There’s too little growth in manual directions,” he says. ‘Just look at the MBA. We almost set that aside as a stigmatizer, because you don’t want to send your child there, do you? While we need people who know how to do things with their hands.’
shit job
Boot therefore criticizes the attitude that people prefer to take a “shit job”. “Couriers or baggage handlers are often said to have crap jobs,” he continues. ‘But how many shitty jobs do we have in the office? Or with influencers who sit behind their camera all day and really just keep people away from their work.’
He calls for strengthening the supply side of the economy. For example, he believes that more innovation is needed, that education should ensure that it is not stigmatizing and that schools and companies should be able to meet. “Don’t separate those MBO schools from ‘higher professional education,’ which often leads to crap jobs.” That’s how we get that innovation.’
Source: BNR
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