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How Contact Center Agent Burnout Decreases Productivity (And What You Can Do About It)

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Agent burnout directly harms the quality of customer service your business provides and significantly hurts your company’s bottom line. It’s hard to ignore the fact that contact centers are plagued with high agent burnout and turnover rates. What Causes Agent Burnout? Preventing Agent Burnout.

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Agent Burnout: The Silent Productivity Assassin

NobelBiz

Take a breather and listen to the story of how Steve Bederman managed to go from call center agent to CEO. One study found that 74% of call center agents are at risk of burnout, one-third of them are at risk of serious burnout.

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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

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According to the 2023 Customer Rage Study by CCMC and Arizona State University , 74% of respondents reported experiencing a problem with a company’s product or service, up from 66% in 2020 and 56% in 2017. In 2022, the average agent turnover rate at all contact centers was 24% and climbed as high as 30% for large customer service centers.

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How to reduce agent burnout in your contact center

Babelforce

It’s estimated that the cost of replacing a single agent is anywhere between $5,000 to $7,500. But what exactly is agent burnout? Read on for: • What is Agent Burnout? • Why is Preventing Agent Burnout Important? • Why is Preventing Agent Burnout Important? And who can blame them!

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Redefining the Future of Enterprise Contact Center Solutions

Balto

Modern enterprise contact center solutions utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identify customer pain points, the causes of low scores, and why your customers aren’t satisfied with their experience with your company. minutes, thanks to Balto’s AI-powered, real-time guidance for agents.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

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Related Article: Unlocking Productivity: Introduction To Workforce Management Increased Productivity In the current hybrid working environment, agents must have a transparent view of KPI data if you want them to stay engaged and productive.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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According to a study by Joseph Folkman, a behavioral statistician, leaders who exhibit very poor candor (bottom 10%) were in the 20th percentile of overall leadership effectiveness. Clearly communicate to employees that making a mistake or making an issue known will not have negative repercussions, and, in fact, only have positive results.