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How to help contact center agents avoid burnout

Toister Performance Solutions

Is burnout gripping your contact center? A worldwide survey of contact center agents revealed 59 percent are at risk of burnout, including 28 percent who face a severe burnout risk. Burnout study overview A total of 951 contact center agents participated between January and February 2023.

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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

Let’s start by revisiting our 2023 predictions, categorizing them as: Spot On: We nailed it! Let’s grade our 2023 predictions before unveiling our anticipated trends for the BPO industry in 2024. Outcome: Spot On Agent burnout was rampant in call centers throughout 2023 , with 32% of centers not actively monitoring for it.

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Report: Remote contact center agents have better bosses

Toister Performance Solutions

Team Remote touts the cost savings, flexibility, and improved quality of life that comes from having agents work remotely. Here’s some good news for Team Remote: your agents report having better bosses. In early 2023, I launched a study on contact center agent burnout. This was an accidental discovery.

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Is the Contact Center a Good Career? Tenured Agents Say Yes

Balto

But in reality, we found that while many people leave within their first year, a majority of tenured agents spend longer in the contact center than they originally planned — and they’re happy to have done so. In our survey, 46.7% In our survey, we found that 62.96% of tenured agents had a mentor at work.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for the Week of April 10, 2023

ShepHyken

Yet, according to a recent PwC survey, there is a discrepancy between what companies and customers believe customer loyalty to be. Another article on the employee experience, and specifically the agent experience. Our second article this week from TextExpander focused on agent burnout.

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How to reduce agent burnout in your contact center

Babelforce

It’s estimated that the cost of replacing a single agent is anywhere between $5,000 to $7,500. But what exactly is agent burnout? Read on for: • What is Agent Burnout? • Why is Preventing Agent Burnout Important? • Why is Preventing Agent Burnout Important? And who can blame them!

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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

Playvox

According to the 2023 Customer Rage Study by CCMC and Arizona State University , 74% of respondents reported experiencing a problem with a company’s product or service, up from 66% in 2020 and 56% in 2017. With more time to invest in agent support, they can better connect and communicate with agents to keep engagement and motivation high.