In 2020, 33 percent of employees in Germany who worked from home used their own private devices for work tasks at least some of the time; 42 percent did not. The figures are based on a survey conducted in Germany in 2020.
When working from home, do you also use your private devices as work equipment?
6,279 employees working at least 10 hours per week
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
Employees who worked from home for the first time due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (starting in March 2020) not included. Also not included were employees with professions in transporting people or goods.
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DGB. (October 12, 2020). When working from home, do you also use your private devices as work equipment? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1287200/working-from-home-using-private-devices-germany/
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