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About Call me Babylon - Young People Working in Call-Centers (Documentary, 2003)

4 young callcenter agents from different countries are the focal point of this film. They all work in Amsterdam, at what is known as the Teleport, an area near to the harbour with the highest concentration of call centres in Europe. Their lives and their work as operators at the pan-European call centres reflect in a very special and at the same time existential fashion what we understand by the terms globalisation, post-modern production methods, flexibility and new working conditions. For the only thing they can be sure of in their further working life will be constant change. Call Me Babylon is a piece of research on the horizons of a world on our doorstep. A film by Andreas Pichler © 2003, filmtank hamburg Since the late nineties, 40% of the large American companies of the New Economy have registered themselves in Holland to set up their continental headquarters there. The working world, particularly for younger people, is changing radically, as there is no longer much production, but organisation and communication instead. Holland is becoming Europe’s experimental field, with the

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Call me Babylon - Young People Working in Call-Centers (Documentary, 2003)
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