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But striking the balance of maintaining high servicelevels while controlling costs is tricky. The result is blocked calls, unavailable service, poor overall customer experience and, ultimately, lost business. The new, more cost-effective answer to the need for additional staff is work-from-homeagents.
Since the founding of call centers, agents have been paid some of the lowest wages in companies to do a job with little flexibility in working hours, breaks, and vacations. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, analytics, digital transformation, self-service, and a lot more are helping change and improve the servicing world.
M any team leaders have become ‘mother hens’ to their work-at-homeagents, caring for their wellbeing and motivation. Planners are experimenting with new types of shifts such as micro-shifts that are great for home-working. One positive outcome of the pandemic is that contact centres are being more creative with scheduling.
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