Recruitment of interims after heavy discharge at Samsonite

In the beginning of the year, 170 employees of different departments lost their jobs at Samsonite. Most of these employees were active in the storeroom of Samsonite. Because of the dark months of the crisis this restructuring was necessary.

These dark months are over now. The production is going well and that’s why Samsonite has decided to recruit employees temporarily. The thing the syndicates are protesting is that there will also be a temporary recruitment of servants. That would be in contrast with the agreements made.

I know it’s maybe difficult for people to hear that there is a recruitment of temporary workers after a restructuring of 170 peoples. But that means that the economy is doing well and better than in the beginning of the year. So let’s be proud of it!Besides, peak moments are typical for this branch and temporary workers are a perfect solution to catch these peak moments. Moreover, one of the most important things in the economy is to keep the technical unemployment as low as possible.

Of course we can wonder why Samsonite did not recruit the people who were fired in the beginning of the year. By recruiting these people, Samsonite could save a lot of training costs. But would you be enthousiast when Samsonite would ask you to retrieve the work? I understand most of the people who lost their job in Samsonite are so disappointed that they are not willing to help the direction with its deficit of workforces.


'Samsonite Oudenaarde werft uitzendarbeiders aan.' (Het Nieuwsblad)