Not something that fell out of the sky, but a sum. “I knew that the workload was high and that it also had an impact on your private life. But it became increasingly difficult for me to set a boundary. While others said, that is not our job, I still looked to see if I could could find a solution for the resident in question. I noticed that I was passing myself by.”
And it didn’t stop there. When things turned out differently, it was difficult for her to let go. “I took it too much and took it home. There have never been any complaints at home, but I also want to be a nice partner. I stopped just in time,” says Steijn.
Call for aldermen’s association: do something about work pressure
Both women point to the high workload for aldermen. Especially because more and more tasks have been transferred from the government to the municipality, such as youth care. According to director of the Aldermen’s Association, Jeroen van Gool, this is precisely where a major problem lies.
“The number of councilors has not grown. The support has not grown. Working sixty to seventy hours a week has become the norm. That elastic breaks at some point,” he said against Nieuwsuur.
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