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Evolution of the support rep: from outsourced to in-office

Kayako

A particular blog that went viral in 2005 was a more extreme example of outsourcing by AJ Jacobs, editor-at-large in Esquire. AJ Jacobs wrote about outsourcing his whole life to India, including asking his support rep to argue with his with wife over email.

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

Example: Campaign A has a high call volume but campaign B has less calls and the agents that are assigned campaign B are not busy. Markus Linder is an expert in the field of e-commerce and Digital Advice, in which he has been active since 2005. Rerouting the calls to the Campaign B agent group improves efficiency. Markus Linder.