The wheels stop when I want them to
In the online magazine trans.info there is an article about a staffing agency recruiting drivers from Morocco. Many German drivers are not okay with that. Could something have been changed there?
Capa, a staffing agency based in Mainz, recruits drivers in Morocco to be able to provide drivers to companies in the long term. That is their own statement.
The recruitment potential within the EU is nearing its end, explains Capa managing director Bernd Albrecht. Countries like Spain or Portugal have stabilized economically and now need their drivers themselves.
Source: trans.info
Let’s leave that as it is for now. I see things differently regarding the fact that there is no recruitment potential in Europe.
And this different perspective should be the main theme of this contribution.
As drivers, we are, who would have thought, a power. A power that does not use its own strength. Instead of changing anything about the current situation in the driver industry, people prefer the ostrich method and stick their heads in the sand. New potential drivers are advised against taking the job instead of ensuring that new drivers come along.
Well, one or another will now say: “Even advise someone to take this job given the conditions here? You’re crazy!”
Yes, well. That can be seen that way, but it doesn’t have to be. Because I assume that part of the blame also lies with the drivers themselves.
It is a fact that in this industry everyone is only out for themselves. Most see themselves as the best negotiators, yet still complain on social media about how poorly they are paid, the working conditions, loading and unloading (which is part of the driver job), being treated badly at central warehouses, etc.
And yet, all of that could have been dealt with long ago, instead of sticking one’s head in the sand.
However, the driver’s ego stands in the way. Why should one get something done together with others? It can’t be that the other person works under the same conditions as I do…
But if you recall who says yes to the wage the entrepreneur wants to pay and who also says yes to the offered conditions under which they are supposed to perform their job… then whom does one end up with? Correct. The driver.
However, if one had done exactly that, there would be no problem of driver shortage now, and one wouldn’t need to get angry at companies that fly in drivers from third countries who then do your work.
