Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Call Abandonment Rate: This metric measures the percentage of callers who hang up before speaking with an agent. Why it matters: High abandonment rates can indicate potential staffing issues or shortages, as well as long wait and resolution times that may indicate lagging agent performance.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 25, 2022

5 Tips to Prevent Call Center Agent Burnout Before it Begins. Agent onboarding and training. Keeping agents interested in their work can be a challenge, but with the right onboarding and training strategies, they’ll constantly be learning new information. Call center technologies to optimize your workforce: Visual IVR.

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call center workforce Call Center Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response 81

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. Increased abandon rates. So, staffing shortages don’t just increase abandons, they also increase volume, which can back up queues even more. Increased agent burnout.

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Balto

JANUARY 21, 2025

Formula: Pro Tip: Break call volume into categoriescalls managed by agents and self-service options (like interactive voice response systems). This helps you pinpoint opportunities to reduce agent load and improve contact center efficiency. Fine-tune your IVR system to ensure calls answered are routed effectively.

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Metrics Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 52

Balto

JANUARY 2, 2025

Formula: (Total number of incoming + outgoing calls) in a given period Pro Tip: Break call volume into categoriescalls managed by agents and self-service options (like interactive voice response systems). This helps you pinpoint opportunities to reduce agent load and improve contact center efficiency.

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Metrics Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 52

JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

Reports highlight that 83% of callers would avoid a company after a bad brush with the company’s IVR system. This blog unlocks the secrets of using IVR automation with JustCall to handle high call volume with ease and free up your agents for what matters most! Drowning in calls during peak season?

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Sales Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Agent burnout 52

Babelforce

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this post: Average Handling Time Customer Satisfaction Service Level First Contact Resolution Call Abandonment Rate Percentage of Calls Blocked Call Transfer Rate Wrap-up Time Customer Effort Score Average Idle Time. Average handling time (AHT) measures the average time it takes agents to complete a call.

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