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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Managers who want to meet customer demands will typically ask their agents to work more hours. Increased agent burnout. Working extra overtime hours and handling back-to-back interactions all day long can quickly lead to agent burnout, especially if customers are frustrated about long wait times and take it out on agents.

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Improving Customer Service in BPOs with Multi-Tenant Contact Center Software

Hodusoft

It isn’t surprising to see that many small, medium, and large businesses outsource their customer service to BPOs. As per a study conducted by Clutch, more than one-fourth of small businesses surveyed outsource their customer service to BPOs (business process outsourcing organizations).