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Value Your Employees and Pay Them Well to Improve Your Call Center Experience

SharpenCX

Low pay ruins the call center experience (and business results) with: Poor performance Low morale Absenteeism Higher attrition (and the costs that go with it). Better pay is crucial to a positive call center agent experience that will improve performance and loyalty. . The list goes on.

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KPIs for call centers: 8 critical metrics to track

Global Response

Customer satisfaction is one of the most important goals for a call center, and an important metric to track. Customers frequently will be asked to rate their experience on a scale of 1-5, 1-10 or on a simple binary scale. Industry standard for this metric is 80/30, which means answering 80% of calls within 30 seconds.