Absence Is the Biggest Impact of Demotivated Agents

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Written by Robyn Coppell

According to our poll, the biggest impact of demotivated agents on the contact centre is the effect they have on absence rates, with that option receiving 39% of the overall vote.

However, this was not the most popular answer by a large margin, as customer complaints received a large proportion of the votes also, with 33%.

Poll – “What are the biggest impacts of demotivated agents?” – answers

  • Absence – 39%
  • Customer Complaints – 33%
  • Attrition – 14%
  • After-Call Work – 9%
  • Long AHT – 5%

Source: Call Centre Helper Webinar Poll – Motivating Agents to Deliver Better Customer Outcomes     Sample size – 107     Date: February 2017

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Robyn Coppell

Robyn Coppell has worked as Digital Content Manager for Call Center Helper since 2021. After University her first job was in a contact centre and has stayed in this space ever since.

She has experience of contact centre operational management, software systems, css and php coding. She edits a lot of the guest content that is published on Call Centre Helper.

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