Organisation - October 22, 2009
Wagening gardeners to get new boss
Wageningen UR set to outsource garden and landscape maintenance. Staff will move to outsourcing company.
The remaining gardeners will be seconded to the company that wins the tender. De Haas says outsourcing may be cheaper as a garden maintenance company is able to use its equipment more efficiently. However, cost-cutting is not the main reason for the decision to outsource. The concentration of Wageningen UR in fewer locations means there will be less and less need for garden and landscape maintenance over the next few years, but there will still be enough work for the outsourced gardeners, says De Haas.