“It is indeed true that the catering industry suffers from this, the draw that the GGD does on the new staff. The large recruitment campaign they have started and the high hourly wages that are still above the market price, especially for young people. concerns a bit unfair,” says Harold Wennink, manager of restaurant Vroeg in Bunnik. “We noticed when the epidemic became less and GGDs closed, that there was quite a bit of new staff who were looking for a job again. Of course we now fear that they will move in a different direction.”
Horeca is disappointed by the tug-of-war for staff with the GGD: ‘We simply cannot compete with those rates’
