German call center only home office?

Co
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In a call center it is usually possible (ALSO WITH CORONA) to keep your distance.

And as everyone knows, there's now a vaccination for the most vulnerable groups. My question is, why should employees from call centers still work "involuntarily" in the home office? What if you don't want to use your private technical equipment, e.g. The laptop that you use for university applications, university and the like and in which a lot of important data is stored for home office call center work? I would never want to use my own personal equipment for a call center job or something like that

In addition, does not a call center employer have to have taken care of the fact that after 1 year in all call center workplaces (i.e. In the large offices) Corona security measures are introduced so that home office is a voluntary option? πŸ€” Can a call center require all call center employees to use their private technical equipment for work? πŸ€” Or should he not have to ask this? πŸ€”

cr

I would say that equipment should be provided. Just what you can quickly expect from a company and what is financially feasible, these are 2 different things.

As

I would say that the technical equipment should / will be provided. Often, special software is required to work - which of course you don't have on your private PC.

Co

I think so tooπŸ˜…
Either an employer must ensure a minimum distance at the call center workstation during Corona, so that safety measures can be observed, or he would have to provide all the work equipment for home office work during Corona. Because I would never want to use my private technical equipment for a call center home office πŸ€·β™€οΈ

cr

It depends, maybe I can work better with a few things than what the company has to offer me.

Ka

They even have to be provided, the employer is obliged to do so.

Ka

The employer is obliged to provide you with the work material.

Ka

The employer is obliged to provide you with the equipment. But I know employers who like to ignore that and initially lie. Until you get to them with the law.

He can deduct the things from the tax anyway, so we all pay for the things that a company buys. Always has been.

Co

There's just too much in my laptop that I need for my studies that I plan to start and I don't want to use my private laptop for any call center work

De

In most call centers you are not allowed to bring your OWN equipment with you. Under no circumstances operate.

Otherwise data protection could not be maintained at all.

Co

I plan to start my studies abroad soon and I only want to work in the call center for a few months as a transition to my studies and most of my professional experience has so far only been gained in the call center. I already knew at the age of 15 that I don't like jobs with physical contact or in which I have to talk and deal with too many strangers face-to-face for a long time and too much, e.g. In social areas, in sales or in gastronomy. In addition, a call center is the only place where you can earn well even without training in order to cover fixed costs and the like. The employer must therefore be obliged to enable employees to work without having to use their private equipment.
Corona should not be a reason that people like me, WHO ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE to work in body contact jobs or face-to-face jobs with strangers, can no longer work in the call center. πŸ€·β™€οΈ

Co

I will 100% not do any call center work with the technical equipment I got for university. πŸ™…β™€οΈ There's now a Corona vaccination and after 1 year of Corona, employers should have long since taken Corona safety measures at the workplace in the open-plan offices.

Co

That's right, I agree with you Hans!

Co

A call center works without a workplace πŸ€·β™€οΈ