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MONTGOMERY, AL – APRIL 16, 2020: Only a handful of employees continue working from their cubicles during the coronavirus pandemic at the ASK Telemarketing call center.
The sudden shift to telecommuting and the growing need for call center representatives has created immense job opportunities for the disabled. With call centers scrambling to transition their employees to work from home and the need to hire more representatives to meet high demands, National Telecommuting Institute, a non profit that partners with businesses to place disabled people into remote jobs, said they are been getting inundated with requests from companies to refer disabled workers. Call centers like Ask Telemarketing are trying to deal with the shift to telecommuting, and considering this could impact the industry once social distancing rules slow down.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the majority of ASK workers are working at home, but a handful still prefer coming into the office – a 40,000-square-foot former bowling alley that ASK Telemarketing president Rick Burley converted to serve as the ASK operations facility. Because it's already a sprawling space, the employees who do go in are working anywhere from 30 feet or more away from each other. CREDIT: Bob Miller for The New York Times
The sudden shift to telecommuting and the growing need for call center representatives has created immense job opportunities for the disabled. With call centers scrambling to transition their employees to work from home and the need to hire more representatives to meet high demands, National Telecommuting Institute, a non profit that partners with businesses to place disabled people into remote jobs, said they are been getting inundated with requests from companies to refer disabled workers. Call centers like Ask Telemarketing are trying to deal with the shift to telecommuting, and considering this could impact the industry once social distancing rules slow down.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the majority of ASK workers are working at home, but a handful still prefer coming into the office – a 40,000-square-foot former bowling alley that ASK Telemarketing president Rick Burley converted to serve as the ASK operations facility. Because it's already a sprawling space, the employees who do go in are working anywhere from 30 feet or more away from each other. CREDIT: Bob Miller for The New York Times
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