20% of Contact Centres have a team to Respond Immediately to Complaints

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According to our poll, 20% of contact centres now have a team designated to immediately speak with unhappy customers, who voiced their dissatisfaction through surveys, social media etc.

Poll – “In what time frame do you normally respond to customer complaints?” – answers

We have a dedicated team which immediately speaks with any unhappy customers – 20%
We usually respond within 4 hours – 17%
We usually respond within 24 hours – 44%
We usually respond within 1 week – 15%
We usually respond within 1 month- 3%
We don’t respond to customer complaints – 1%

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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