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How to Evaluate Call Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

Take your pick — first call resolution (FCR) , abandon rate , customer satisfaction (CSAT) , and more. Abandon rate. Abandon rate , or abandonment rate, refers to the number of callers that abandon a call (hang up) while waiting for an agent to answer. Net promoter score (NPS).

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How to Improve Call Center Agent Productivity

Fonolo

Here are a few: Call abandonment rate. Call abandonment occurs when a customer hangs up before an agent answers the phone. For example, if 20 calls to a contact center out of 200 are hang-ups, the abandonment rate is 10%. Call abandonment often occurs because customers become frustrated with long wait times.

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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

However, as AI and other emerging technologies evolve to support associates and handle the more transactional issues, traditional productivity metrics have evolved as well. New technologies deployed in the contact center enable the measurement of performance for both in-office and at-home employees.

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ROBUST KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CAN CUT COSTS

CCNG

Customers are less patient, and robust technology that meets both employee and customer needs isn’t being implemented fast enough and efficiently enough to reduce the anxiety. This causes longer average speed of answer and higher abandonment rates. Companies that can utilize the right technologies can do more with less.

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How to Evaluate Call Center Manager Performance

Fonolo

But call center managers don’t have easy jobs — reviewing metrics, engaging employees, onboarding new talent, researching the latest call center technology , and keeping customers happy are only a few parts of a call center manager’s day. Here are some top KPIs for call center manager evaluation: Abandonment Rate.

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Queue Management Best Practices for Contact Centers

Fonolo

Deploy call-back technology Robust call-back technology like Fonolo’s suite of call-back solutions allows customers to request a call-back instead of waiting on hold. This technology has become even more important during the pandemic, as many people are working remotely and may not have the time to wait on hold for extended periods.

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

To ensure your contact center agents spend a vast majority of their time with customers resolving issues and as little time as possible on administrative tasks and after-call work, agents need the right kind of tools, processes, coaching, motivation, and goals in place. How are managers delivering coaching? Are your agents engaged?