Here is a clue to some of the social and economic pain points in the Netherlands. The following exert is from a growing group of Nederlanders wanting change.
“The higher the position you have the more distant you become to fellow staff. Knowledge, motivation and the experience of staff doing “real work” have become undervalued and therefore, unrecognized and underutilized. This has led to a wasteland and career friction(“beroepszeer”). This is especially true in the case of semi-public sectors in areas such as: security, education, care, welfare, and policy. The respect for and self respect of employees has been undermined through a bombardment of permanent reorganization, scaling down and up changes and rules. From the perspective of the service providers this has ultimately resulted in demotivation, below average perfomance, and a big decline. From the perspective of clients/patients, disappointment and agression.
Predictably there has been a call to crown the customer king. Doing this will not solve the problem fully. Professions and sectors that are exposed to the rough winds of the market don’t always deliver quality any longer. There seems to be a more general cultural problem behind this. Profession groups that had high ethical positions such as accountants and notaries are also coming more into conflict.”
You can read the rest of this, in Dutch on their site beroepseer.
There is also a media cast too.
