Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They motivate employees through goal setting, help resolve conflicts, and play a large role in improving employee morale. Average abandonment rate – the percentage of customers who hang up before interacting with an agent. Note which times on which days are busiest and be sure to schedule your agents accordingly.

Call Center 150

Call Center Management Agent burnout Employee engagement 150

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.

Call Center 52

Call Center Metrics Abandon rate Coaching 52

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Solutions include reducing agent-assisted volume, maximizing the capacity you already have, and automating processes in order to relieve agent burdens. What happens when you don’t have enough contact center agents? When you have an agent shortage, it causes significant CX, operational, morale, and cost issues.

Contact Center 73

Contact Center Management Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response 73

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. Agent Turnover Rate High turnover rates disrupt your customer service teams and increase costs.

Metrics 52

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.

Metrics 52

Metrics Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 52

Babelforce

JULY 29, 2021

3 Call abandonment rate. Callers tend to abandon the queue when they have to wait for too long. Keep track of how often this happens by measuring your call abandonment rate – that’s the percentage of callers who quit while waiting. Average idle time measures the time agents waiting for calls to come in.

Call Center 52

Call Center Abandon rate Contact Center Agent burnout 52

JustCall

MARCH 6, 2023

Some of them are: Call arrival rate, for frequency of inbound calls. Call abandonment rate, which shows how many customers hang up before speaking with an agent. Average handling time, to indicate how long an agent takes to complete a customer call. Many call centers aim for a rate of between 80 and 90 percent.

Call Center 52

Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time Metrics 52