As indicated by data contained in the HRK Partners report, in recent years there has been a clearly dynamic development of the labor market in the forwarding/logistics industry. The companies featured in this report – currently 27 of the largest firms in this sector – are increasing the scale of their operations and, consequently, hiring a growing number of employees. High demand for labor results in a surplus of demand, especially on a regional level. An employee’s market is being created, where the employee begins to dictate their terms to the employer. It is worth noting that in recent years, this situation has particularly affected blue-collar positions (such as warehouse workers, forklift operators, etc.). This translates directly into rising operating costs for companies in the TSL industry.
According to the Salary Report, in the forwarding/logistics sphere in the autumn of 2007, salaries in the industry were as shown in Figure 1. In comparison with Figure 2 – where we see the percentage breakdown of employment in a typical logistics company – we can observe that despite the visibly higher salaries of directors and managers, it is specialists and those in blue-collar positions that determine the level of personnel costs incurred by the company. Average gross wages for blue-collar positions have exceeded two thousand zlotys, and this is not the end of their growth.
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” 3/2008.