Wednesday, January 20-26, 2021 - // no. 091
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
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Great Expectations from President Biden P6 New DDEC Secretary is thinking outside the box P8 Prepa Selects Program Management Provider P9
2021: The Business
World Reshaped Worldwide experiment on working remotely
D Rosario Fajardo
Hamburgers Top of Mind for Locals P13
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ue to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been working remotely and/or following a hybrid work schedule for almost a year now. Before the health crisis erupted in early 2020, only about 17 percent of workers in the U.S. did so full time, five days a week, according to a study by Clutch, a B2B ratings and review platform. In just a matter of weeks, that percentage surged to 44 percent nationwide, with a
total 66 percent of employees working from home at least part time, following a hybrid schedule. We didn’t know it at the time, but millions of us were part of a worldwide experiment on working remotely. While there has been a positive shift in confidence due to the rollouts of the vaccines against COVID-19, there has been continuing concerns about rising coronavirus deaths and the emergence of new, more contagious variants that are spreading worldwide. Regardless, it looks like GO TO PAGE 4