Fonolo

JULY 13, 2021

What causes call center burnout? Stress is notoriously prevalent in call center agents. Because of this, 75% of call center agents are at risk of burnout. Here are some of the most common causes for agent burnout: Unsustainably high workload. Emotional burden and/or abuse from customers.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They motivate employees through goal setting, help resolve conflicts, and play a large role in improving employee morale. TIP: Develop an interview scorecard based on your company’s needs and use it to rate potential candidates after their interview. Focus on preventing employee burnout.

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Mindtouch

MARCH 16, 2018

Regardless of the reason, an unhappy group of support agents can make for unhappy customers and seriously impact customer experience KPIs. Wherever you find agent burnout, dissatisfied customers are not far away. What makes customer support agents unhappy? Good for the agent, good for the customer.

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SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

To keep your team engaged and performing at their best, your agents need to be coached daily. Because productivity without engagement is another key contributor to agent burnout – the Rube Goldberg Machine of bad outcomes. As you forecast for customer needs and plan agent schedules, build in time for coaching each agent.

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Balto

JANUARY 21, 2025

Managing this metric is key to balancing agent utilization rates and optimizing contact center performance. Formula: Pro Tip: Break call volume into categoriescalls managed by agents and self-service options (like interactive voice response systems). On paper, this call would wreck their agent performance metrics.

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Balto

JANUARY 2, 2025

Managing this metric is key to balancing agent utilization rates and optimizing contact center performance. 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).

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Babelforce

JULY 29, 2021

Average idle time measures the time agents waiting for calls to come in. You should expect some amount of idle time, and trying to abolish it completely can lead to agent burnout. We have a few tips to make life easier for agents. #21 21 Agent absenteeism rate. . #19 Average idle time.

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