The executive director of the Panama Pacific Business Association, Juan Mckay, presented on Tuesday a balance of the sector during the pandemic, indicating that between 2020 and 2021 almost 100 new companies were established in that area, which added a total of 370 companies.
“The interesting thing is that almost 90% of our companies, 89.9% never stopped working, either in the form of teleworking or in person. We have become one of the great pillars of the country’s logistics, a large amount of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, food, transfers, everything left Panama Pacifico during the pandemic, we became a great support for hospitals, “he argued .
He said that the area is projected modernism and enviable infrastructure, as well as its security system.
“We keep about 10,500 workplaces working, 67% of the companies in the area turned to teleworking, of that 89% that never stopped, 67% turned to teleworking, what’s more, almost half remain in teleworking, But the important thing is that we never closed nor were there mass layoffs. More than 87% of companies declared that they did not cease beyond 10%, “said Mckay.
He added that of these companies, more than 83% promote the vaccination of their employees, guaranteeing their safety and protection.
