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Contingency Planning With At-Home Agents

Outsource Consultants

Non-critical travel has become a rarity, although its need was already shrinking due to rampant cancellations of business and entertainment events. Many companies have already instituted work from home policies, and those that haven’t are either configuring the logistics to do so or developing a plan in case it’s needed in the future.

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What Makes A Cloud Contact Center The Customer Experience Optimizer?

Babelforce

Interestingly, retention for at-home agents is 80% compared with 25% for in-house agents in the US. We’ve all been there — you spend more time than you should searching for the right customer service number, dial in to the call center, and then listen carefully to an IVR. Provide self-service options.