For those of you who lead a support team, how do you handle case/ticket queues when agents are OOO? I lead a team of 7 and looking to implement a better OOO process. Thanks!

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I lead a B2B support team, when one of our agents is OOO we have a view that is available to all the other agents that shows only the Open/Actionable tickets that were assigned to that agent, the rest of the team pitches in to cover as they are available. Definitely following to hear what others are doing and learn about better methods.

To add, we also have the vacationing agent add notes and updates to the ticket so there’s no questions on next steps or followups. Depending on the ticket we just outright reassign it for completion if needed.

One way is to have a backup person assigned to handle the overflow. Makes everything much simpler

Have a designated person who is responsible for managing the queue when others are out. This person can either be a manager or another team member who is available to help. Another option is to use a software that helps manage tickets and queues, such as Zendesk. This will help keep track of which tickets need to be answered first and which ones can wait.

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