Our director of human resources tells me that in the last two weeks, one of our boat inspectors was approached by the owner while he was carrying out his inspection. He was offered a job on the spot, at twice his current rate of pay.
In my introductory statement, I referred to the fact that we are competing with an expanding sector. We invest considerable amounts of money in training. Our people are finally ready, and now they are being solicited.
Those who remain with us despite those very attractive offers,are close to retirement and thinking about their pension. The ones who remain are not the ones we have to train. We need to train newcomers who are still young and who will remain with us for another 10 years. The challenge is significant.
In this context, I cannot give you figures on how we fare in comparison with other sectors, but 8% is not so bad given the circumstances. I am not saying that this is justified; it is just a fact.