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5 Tips to Prevent Call Center Agent Burnout Before it Begins

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And, those stats are even higher for customer support representatives, including call center agents. An overwhelming majority of call center agents (74%) are at risk for burnout. Maybe that’s why call center agent turnover rates are over double than those of other occupations. Increased irritability.

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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

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Signs of contact center burnout to look for include new or increased: Irritability or cynicism Disengagement Isolation from colleagues Absenteeism Decreased productivity or performance These signs should be addressed immediately when you notice them. Gallup reports that low-effort managers engaging in “quiet firing” is a big issue.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

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Engaging and empowering customer support center agents is as important as ever, so allow them to handle things themselves when they need to request annual leave or shift swaps. Workforce management software can empower employees with flexible change management and transparent real-time visibility.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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The key functions of contact center workforce management are: Long-term capacity planning Interaction volume forecasting Staff scheduling Intraday management Historically call center managers maintained spreadsheets for agent forecasting and scheduling. But getting to this nirvana is no picnic. Does your spreadsheet do all that?

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

The 'great resignation' and the 'great talent reshuffle' have impacted contact center and customer support staff as much, if not more than, any other part of the workforce. The importance of efficiency when onboarding and training agents. Traditional methods of agent coaching versus manual coaching techniques.

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The Top 4 Contact Center Trends To Boost Performance And CX

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Related Article: How Contact Center Agent Burnout Decreases Productivity (And What You Can Do About It) Trend 3: Prioritization Of Employee Experience And Employee Engagement Your help desk is the relationship hub for your brand. No business can get accurate customer behavior data when operating in silos.