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

Playvox

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? The Consequences of Agent Burnout.

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Contact Center Agent Burnout – Part 2, Causes and Remedies

Noble Systems

So, let’s dive into the top five causes of agent burnout and look into what you can do to combat them. Overworking agents. When companies require agents to work even more hours than originally scheduled, managers are just adding to the strain. Agents are human. Gamification. Humans have limits.

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Telltale Signs: How to Identify Call Center Agent Burnout

Fonolo

We’ve previously discussed ways to combat agent burnout , but today we ask: What are the symptoms? Identifying the symptoms of burnout as soon as possible can significantly boost your service quality, workplace satisfaction, and bottom line. What’s Inside: Gamification in the Contact Center. Investing in Agents.

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Contact Center Agent Burnout – Part 1, Warning Signs

Noble Systems

When contact center agents are stressed out, they can become frustrated, develop a cynical attitude toward co-workers and managers. Their negativism affects interpersonal relationships with customers in addition to other agents. Overloaded agents are typically less likely to be able to solve customer problems.

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The Ultimate 5-step Detox Programme for Contact Centre Health

CSM Magazine

Magnus Geverts shares his top tips for beating agent burnout—and the competition—in 2023. Great news for businesses that rely on the festive season to tide them over during the leaner months but extremely stressful for agents in contact centres. Next, rethink flexibility—what does it mean for your agents in 2023?

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What is Call Center Performance Management?

Talkdesk

What is Performance Management? Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help.

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The Top 4 Contact Center Trends To Boost Performance And CX

Playvox

The contact center technology trend toward more sophisticated and AI-driven workforce management software is paying big dividends for customer service centers that adopt these solutions. Today, though, customer service agents handle a variety of channels that operate far differently. Be clear about how to succeed.