This is according the results of the 39th Business Survey carried out by the Association for Investigation and Social Studies (Asies).

Ruben Narciso presented the study and also reported that only 24% indicated that they had increased productivity, resulting in a negative opinion balance of -32%, the lowest in the last 6 years.

Source: sigloxxi.com

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