Fewer Poles choose seasonal work in the Netherlands

Despite the long stay to hire temporary workers from Poland, fewer and fewer compatriots decide to work in them. According to the Dutch research company Decisio, this is mainly due to the good results of the Polish economy.

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Most employees from Central and Eastern Europe, including Poles, work primarily in agriculture, forestry and fishing. They are often hired through employment agencies.

Due to the dynamic growth of the Polish economy, temporary employment agencies in the Netherlands have fewer and fewer employees from Poland

Suzanne Steegman, an analyst from the research agency Decisio, told PAP.

We have done a lot of research: in Flevoland, Overijssel, Friesland, Gelderland, Limburg, Utrecht etc.

– says Steegman, pointing out that this trend can be observed almost everywhere in The Netherlands.

The number of Poles in the Netherlands is systematically growing

However, the lower interest of Poles in employment in temporary employment agencies does not translate into a decrease in arrivals to the Netherlands. According to a study by Work Service from December 2020, it also shows that 28 percent. of respondents considering economic migration would choose the Netherlands.

The number of Poles in the Netherlands has been systematically growing over the years after 2007. The dynamics of growth has not been so high in recent years, but currently the annual increase in the number of registered compatriots amounts to about 10-12 thousand. people

– Renata Kowalska, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in The Hague told PAP.

According to the Dutch Statistical Office (CBS), in 2019 over 900,000 economic migrants worked in the Netherlands. More than half of them come from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc.

Improving employment conditions in Poland mean that employees set ever higher requirements and want better working conditions

– says the analyst.

According to Decisio, jobs previously occupied by Poles are increasingly being taken by Bulgarians and Hungarians.

As noted by prof. Jan Latten, demographer at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Netherlands is getting older, so companies are increasingly looking for employees abroad.

Although the Polish economy is doing well, people from poorer regions can still save a lot from the Dutch salary, even if it is low

Latten told the RTL portal.

aw / PAP

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