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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. Increased abandon rates. So, staffing shortages don’t just increase abandons, they also increase volume, which can back up queues even more. Increased agent burnout.

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21 Call Center KPIs for Complete Performance Visibility

Babelforce

3 Call abandonment rate. Callers tend to abandon the queue when they have to wait for too long. Keep track of how often this happens by measuring your call abandonment rate – that’s the percentage of callers who quit while waiting. Average idle time measures the time agents waiting for calls to come in.