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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

Building on these reflections, we’re also ready to detail our 2024 predictions. 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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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

Playvox

While sometimes interaction avoidance truly is an agent trying to get out of work, in many other instances, it’s a way to cope with feeling overwhelmed by customer mistreatment or aggression. It also could be a sign that the agents are overworked. A big contributor to this burnout and the resulting avoidance is customer behavior.