March 2020. Gonçalo Rodrigues went home without a job. Coming from the field of catering, he devoted his time to delving into the study of financial markets. Today, this is how he makes a living.
May, 2020. The restaurant where Bruno Veiga worked as a manager has closed. With the pandemic, he came home. For more than two decades, the hectic life in the restaurant business, essentially as a bartender, prevented him from following her daughter’s growth closely: “Suddenly, I looked at her and she was seven years old. I couldn’t go on like this.” Today he divides his time between real estate consulting and his nature walks company.
December, 2020. Tiago Fialho sees, in less than a year, his second employment contract terminated prematurely. With two decades in the restaurant and hotel business, his last position was as F&B manager at a hotel. Today, like so many others, he is a real estate consultant. Now you can have a social life. His mother wept with joy at finally having attended her birthday.
When the pandemic broke out, layoffs, layoffs and a general stampede came. With two lockdowns decreed between 2020 and 2021, the hotel and restaurant staff, two of the most affected areas, were forced to go home. And a large majority of workers did not want to return.
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Source: Observadora
