You make it sound like the job situation in the Netherlands is desperate. From what I can tell by searching, unemployment is only about 3%. Where's the desperation in that?

Uber drivers I've talked to didn't join because they were desperate -- they joined to have more freedom and control.

ah yes. and the years 2009- 2015 where the same?

no they where far worse. its unemployment numbers are low now. but it hasn't always been the case.