For the past 3½ months I participated as part of a recruitment team for a major company located in Hato Rey as the pre-employment evaluator for communication competency of candidates.
During the last few years we have all been at times crushed by that uneasy feeling caused by this extended recession, and more recently by the passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA") of 2016, both of which continue to hover over our daily life as an unwelcome guest that has prolonged its visit longer than expected, refusing to leave.
For years it has been a customary practice to provide incentives to large foreign companies and chain stores that decide to land in Puerto Rico, from the very moment they plan to settle here.
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