30th September 2016

Written by Megan Jones
5% of contact centres have an Agent/ Team Leader ratio higher than 21:1.
Poll – “On average, how many agents does a Team Leader look after?” – answers
0 to 5 – 11.2%
6 to 8 – 19.2%
9 to 10 – 22.2%
11 to 12 – 13.6%
13 to 15 – 16.6%
16 to 20 – 12.7%
21 to 25 – 2.1%
25+ – 2.4%
Source: Call Centre Helper Survey – How Contact Centres Are Delivering Exceptional Customer Service (2016 Edition) Sample size – 350+ Date: March 2016
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Megan Jones
Megan is Editor at Call Centre Helper. She first started working for Call Centre Helper in 2013 and has held a number of roles - News Editor, Features Editor and now Editor.
She has visited a large number of award winning contact centres such as Tesco, Lego, BT and AA. She is well respected in the industry.
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