Philippines’ months-long lockdown forces firms to embrace remote working

Before much of the Philippines was placed under coronavirus lockdown in mid-March, working from home was an alien concept to many employees. Yet as Metro Manila neared its 80th day of “community quarantine”, some of the country’s largest firms will emerge from it more open to embracing remote work – even if the going was tough at the beginning, and some industries have struggled to adapt. Manila emerges from virus lockdown into economic uncertainty PLDT, the Philippines’ largest internet…

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