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

Kayako

It’s taken many different forms from outsourced, to remote work, and now it’s back to the office. We had two main offices before our London team was even born, and we are in no way outsourced (if anything, we’re offshored to Europe!). The birth of mainstream outsourcing: 2000 – 2010.

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17 Surprising Stats About Call Centers

Fonolo

The 80/20 service level metric used by call centers does not, in fact, fit for most call centers. The call center outsourcing industry is expected to grow, regardless of geopolitics. The longest customer service call on record is held by Zappos employee Steven Weinstein with a call lasting 10 hours and 43 minutes.

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

Callminer

Source: Human Resource Management; Issue: 51(4); 2012; Pages 535-548. This will improve campaign performance overall including agents’ service levels. Through outsourcing their Quality Assurance to a country that offers labor at a lower wage. The most effective way for contact centers to increase efficiency is…”.