Remove Abandon rate Remove Answering services Remove industry standards Remove Study
article thumbnail

The Manager’s Guide to Call Center Service Levels

Fonolo

In other places, you might read that the 80/20 principle came from an AT&T study conducted some 30 years ago, that found that callers tended to hang up after 20 seconds in the queue. Whatever the story is, clearly we need to approach this “standard” with skepticism.

article thumbnail

Why an 80/20 Service Level is Wrong for Your Call Center

Fonolo

In other places, I’ve read that it came from an AT&T study conducted some 30 years ago, that had found that callers tended to hang up after 20 seconds in the queue. Whatever the story is, clearly we need to approach this “standard” with skepticism. The ’80/20 Rule’ is Just an Arbitrary Industry Standard.