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5 Ways to Avoid Agent Burnout Through Customer Self-Service

Mindtouch

Despite the proliferation of new support channels and technology, agent turnover remains the number one problem for contact centers. It’s not a problem to be ignored: agent burnout can diminish call center morale and negatively impact customer support KPIs like CSAT and NPS. Customer self-service – the agent burnout antidote.

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Unhappy Customer Support Agents Mean Unhappy Customers

Mindtouch

Regardless of the reason, an unhappy group of support agents can make for unhappy customers and seriously impact customer experience KPIs. Wherever you find agent burnout, dissatisfied customers are not far away. What makes customer support agents unhappy? Inadequate tools and resources.

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What Your Agent Experience Says About Your CX

Mindtouch

And you might be surprised to find that the obstacles causing high agent onboarding time are making things difficult on customers, too. Access to knowledge. The best product documentation, help content , and knowledge base articles in the world are useless if support agents can’t find them (or aren’t using them).

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5 Ways to Give Call Center Agent Productivity a Boost

Fonolo

Training shouldn’t just be a one-and-done endeavor—ongoing training opportunities for established agents are equally as important as onboarding for newbies. Book bi-weekly or monthly check-ins with all your agents and keep them striving to meet goals they set individually and as a team. Create an omni-channel experience for customers.

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Who Is Today's Call Center Agent?

CCNG

Hasn't our industry evolved and progressed to a point where we should be producing better trained and skilled agents than in years past? There was no such thing as a knowledge base, Slack, or other advanced tools when many of us started in the call center industry.

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How to Handle High Call Volume: 10 Strategies for Success in Sales and Contact Centres

JustCall

You can free up agents by providing self-service options like interactive voice response (IVR) systems or online knowledge bases for your customers. When your customers face a problem, they can find answers to common inquiries without needing direct agent assistance.

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Preparing For Supply Chain Bottlenecks With BPO Support

Outsource Consultants

If you are experiencing long wait times and agent burnout, it’s time to add support. Placing these commonly needed facts in a centralized place such as a website FAQs page, knowledge bases, or forums is a great way to make tracking down solutions easier for consumers. 2) Be proactive.