The impacts of the new coronavirus on Brazilian society workers are starting to have effects, and they are not at all pleasant. In São Paulo, where we have the highest number of deaths, the situation becomes very worrying every day.
Tragic scenario: drops in sales, units closed, workers start to be unable to go to work and even a mall that was closed and turned off the electricity to the stores, forcing the entrepreneur to sell his stock of food in a hurry without work.
These are some difficulties faced by MEIs (individual micro-entrepreneurs), small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and even franchise networks in the quarantine of the new coronavirus.
jobless workers
For example, manicurist Priscila Aparecida dos Santos says her monthly income dropped from R$ 2,300 on average to a maximum of R$ 500 in March, due to the drop in services at the Mr. Show, in the center of Campinas (SP), where he works. Although she's been MEI for a year and says she doesn't know what she's going to do to keep working.
Likewise also Mr. Show, she served about ten customers a day. The movement dropped until zero when the salon had to be closed by determination of the state government.
While the way out is to run to set up delivery Bruno Tavares, owner of the Muchachela restaurant, the rains that hit Baixada Santista in early March forced Bruno Tavares, owner of the Mexican restaurant Muchachela, in São Vicente (SP), to close the business for 14 days. However, the loss was R$ 35 thousand, in the closed period. Days after it reopened, the place was closed again.
Jobless workers and stores start without electricity
The crisis also affects restaurant chains. Camila Miglhorini, founder and CEO of Mr. Fit, says it's helping its struggling franchisees. The network has 134 units, including own and franchises, in 17 states.
The manicurist says that the chain is focusing on delivery, but not every franchisee can work with home deliveries. While the unit in João Pessoa (PB) is having problems with displacement after the city government suspended public transport.
We have another problem, she says, it occurred in a mall in Rio de Janeiro, which turned off the electricity in the stores. “Imagine us trying to remove, in a hurry, the perishable products so as not to spoil.
However, the chain helped the owner of the franchise to sell his products to another franchisee who, that is, because he is not in a mall, will be able to work with delivery”, he said. Under pressure from shopkeepers, the mall turned the stores' power back on the next day.
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