SharpenCX

JUNE 3, 2020

We’re sharing 19 workforce optimization statistics so you can better understand what matters to your agents and how supporting their needs is better for business. Nearly a third of contact center leaders, some 30%, believe their current tools aren’t cutting it and fail to help agents deliver standout customer experiences.

Customer Experience 84

Customer Experience Agent burnout Contact Center Metrics 84

Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 3, 2024

Grading our 2023 BPO Industry Predictions Prediction: Agent Morale is 2023’s Top Priority In late 2022, we heard from new clients that a key concern for 2023 was partnering with BPO vendors adept at managing rising attrition rates. Prediction: Kenya to Overtake South Africa as Africa’s Top Outsourcing Hub Why?

Call Center 67

Call Center outsourcing Morale Interactive Voice Response 67

TechSee

MAY 4, 2021

Economic and logistical challenges have resulted in businesses turning to the gig economy to support and scale their customer service and sales efforts while lowering their fixed costs and in-house overhead. The Concept of GigCX: Freelance customer service agents. Agent Burnout.

Customer Service 182

Customer Service Contact Center Agent burnout Call Center 182

Babelforce

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It contributes to the industry’s notoriously high agent attrition rates, which averaged around 38% in 2022. When questioned, 62% of call center agents identified burnout as one of their top workplace challenges. It’s estimated that the cost of replacing a single agent is anywhere between $5,000 to $7,500.

Agent burnout 52

Agent burnout Contact Center Call Center Surveys 52

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

Couple that with a potentially volatile economy and it's clear that organizations must invest in innovative approaches if they want employees who are engaged and informed enough to significantly improve the customer experience and eliminate the high costs associated with agent attrition.

Contact Center

ShepHyken

MARCH 20, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 8 Best Practices for Creating a Compelling Customer Experience by G. Hult (Harvard Business Review) How can a company best create a compelling customer experience? Contact numbers are hard to find.

Journey mapping 31

Journey mapping Agent burnout Customer Service Airlines 31

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Gartner found that disengaged agents actually make getting support harder for your customers by not resolving issues quickly, by forcing them to repeat information, and by failing to help them resolve their issues in fewer steps. Disengaged agents are far more likely to leave — 84% more likely, according to Gartner’s study.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78