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MYTH #6: There’s little value in planning for attrition
Contact centers that fail to plan for attrition will suffer significant financial and workplace consequences. It costs the 100-seat...


The Importance of Shrinkage
Understanding the factors that make up shrinkage - or non-productive time - in your contact center operation is vital.


Does workforce planning matter to executives?
If you are a director or in C-suite, then effective workforce planning in should matter to you. There are many reasons why due attention...


What metrics are important to which people within a contact center?
In an article published by Call Centre Helper , 294 contact center professionals were asked what contact center metrics were most...


MYTH #5: Attrition costs $5,000-$10,000 a person
Attrition is one of the contact center industry’s biggest and most controllable problems. The constant outflow of talent erodes margins,...


MYTH #4: It is impossible to estimate inefficient and lost productivity costs
Contact centers rarely use new-hire learning curve data to estimate lost productivity and create a capacity plan. Learning curve data...


MYTH #3: The cost of nesting is merely wage x hours
Nesting refers to on-the-job training that follows classroom instruction. Nesting usually lasts one to four weeks. Agents interact with...


MYTH #2: The cost to onboard and train is wage x hours
Onboarding introduces new hires to the company, and training prepares them to perform the job. Contact centers make significant...


MYTH #1: It costs $4,683 to hire a contact center agent
Is this plausible? Contact centers depend on frontline workers to create exceptional customer experiences (CXs). However, with average...


Why retaining contact center staff must be your top priority
Employee attrition affects every contact center, but few realize how much it costs.


Should you hire ahead of attrition?
Hiring ahead of attrition in a contact center is important because it helps maintain a consistent level of service and performance, even...


How does your organization measure up in workforce management?
Workforce management consists of three key disciplines of workforce management that must be mastered.


Why we need capacity planning
A comprehensive capacity plan is at the heart of building a well-resourced team of appropriately skilled agents...


2022/2023 Roadmap of New Features
Take a look at some of our key features on our 2022/23 roadmap that will help make capacity planning even easier.


The Key Drivers of Average Handle Time (AHT)
Many organizations fail to understand the drivers of AHT and therefore under or over-estimate the forecasted AHT, resulting in inaccurate...


Capacity planning and the impact of getting it wrong
Capacity management is crucial for contact centers for optimizing resources to meet work volumes while minimizing operating costs.


What Is an Acceptable Call Centre Waiting Time?
It is the norm for call centres to have a goal of answering 80% of their calls in 20 seconds. Are there benefits to shortening or perhaps...
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