Engineer on the side of the road.

After the construction boom, the situation is dramatic in Brazil, and in crisis, even unemployed engineers have become Uber drivers. Since the economic crisis took place in Brazil, sweeping jobs in companies in various sectors, it is increasingly common to find someone who has joined the transport and delivery applications, such as 99, Uber, iFood and Rappi, to pay for their bills. But the worst is that it is not only professionals without specific qualifications who are resorting to the “uberization” of work. The employment recovery has been so slow that even more qualified professionals, such as engineers with higher education (complete or incomplete), areRead More →

Rich and poor side by side in Brazil

A survey on social inequality carried out by Oxfam revealed that the richest 5% hold the same share of income as the remaining 95% of the Brazilian population. The increase in inequality is a global trend, and Brazil has followed this trend. The economy is still very good for those who already have a lot and terrible for those who have little. Jorge Paulo Lemann (AB Inbev), Joseph Safra (Banco Safra), Marcel Hermmann Telles (AB Inbev), Carlos Alberto Sicupira (AB Inbev), Eduardo Saverin (Facebook) and Ermirio Pereira de Moraes (Grupo Votorantim) are the six most people of Brazil. Together, they concentrate the same wealth asRead More →