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Live in a village,
or be a hermit !
Long gone are the times when companies Portuguese company, but we gain the
could freely choose whom they wanted to application of foreign income in the
employ from the pool of professionals Portuguese economy, which increases the
existing in the country because they were turnover of companies and consequently
somewhat limited geographically. Despite creates jobs.
everything, emigration has always existed in There are enormous advantages in having
Portugal, and we all know why it happened. people with different cultures and
One of the phenomena that has most backgrounds when building teams because it
worried businessmen in the last decade is is known that this makes them more
the permanent departure of Portuguese effective. And this opportunity can be taken
talent abroad, where they earn better advantage of by both foreign and national
incomes and have better working conditions. companies.
This concern has been relatively lessened Having said this, it seems to me that this is
with the development of distance working in an excellent opportunity that should not be
recent years. Today, if you have talent, you missed by companies. They should not limit
can find an employer willing to pay for it themselves to complaining that the
anywhere in the world, just a computer away!
Portuguese are working for foreign
Remote working is an opportunity for companies but rather try to attract
companies to hire talent working from their international talents that find in Portuguese
countries, but although limited to jobs that companies the opportunities they seek.
can be delivered over the internet, it is not
only an opportunity for companies but also The internet has turned the world into a
for people. village and put EVERYTHING at the
distance of a click. It remains to be seen
The fact that a Portuguese works remotely
for a foreign company and lives in Portugal whether, both entrepreneurs and the
allows two interpretations. Portuguese economy in general, want to
ON THE ONE HAND, it is a Portuguese live in this village or if they prefer to live
person who no longer works for a Portuguese as hermits, isolated from EVERYTHING
company and who receives income paid by a else!
foreign company.
ON THE OTHER HAND, this Portuguese Horácio Lopes
spends his income in Portugal. Gestor de projetos . Consultor de
Gestão . Editor newDATAmagazine ®
In other words, we lose a qualified Formador
professional who stops working for a Perfil | Profile
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