There are certain common beliefs in Finland about staff leasing and the use of foreign agency workers. They are not true. We can confidently say they do not hold up, because we have long experience in this area.
The more experience client companies and their employees have of working with foreign workers, the more positive their attitude becomes.
Misconception 1: “A worker from outside often simply does not succeed in the job”
One doubt about staff leasing is whether a worker from a different culture can perform their duties in Finland. When the process of finding a worker is carried out as carefully as Hansavest does it, workers almost always perform their duties excellently.
We always try to find the perfect worker for our clients. If we fail in this task, we look for and find a new worker. From experience, we can say that failures are rare.
In such a situation, the worker is not left to fend for themselves. If a person lacks one quality that makes them unsuitable for a particular job, we look for a new, suitable job for them.
Misconception 2: “The language barrier or culture shock is too much”
We agree with the client in advance on the requirements for the workers. We always guarantee that the worker meets the promised criteria. Workers who speak Finnish or English are always placed in positions where language skills are essential. Sometimes language skills are not needed, but in that case too this is agreed with the client in advance, and communication with the help of the rest of the team always works as agreed.
Misconception 3: “Foreigners are cheap labour”
Finnish employers are sometimes afraid of how their own employees will react to foreign workers. Finnish employees may have suspicions or fears that foreigners are used in Finland as cheap labour. In reality, all workers doing the same job have the same collective agreement and the same wages.
Staff leasing is a necessary industry because many companies in Finland today are short of skilled workers, for example welders. In Finland, these jobs have come to be seen as less valuable or somehow inferior. An additional problem in a country as large as Finland is that labour supply and demand do not meet.
In addition, the labour market has changed in such a way that a growing number of people do not want to work from eight to five, five days a week. The labour market is flexible from the point of view of employers and many workers alike. This is where staff leasing acts as an intermediary.
Misconception 4: “Foreign workers stay in Finland and become a burden on social security”
The foreign workers recruited by Hansavest are motivated professionals who are interested in proper work that matches their training and in wages paid on time. During holidays and when the work ends, they invariably want to return to their home countries and their families.
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