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Make sure they have plenty of break time. Allow them to take short breaks throughout the day, and give them time off between shifts. You can also encourage them to take vacations when they need it.
The best way to help your customer support team avoid burnout is to set clear expectations for them from the start. Make sure they know their goals and what they need to do to meet them. Also, ensure that your team has access to the resources they need to do their job effectively and manage stress
Once a week I make each of my agents prepare a monologue regarding a very crazy or funny or uncomfortable call they had, always respecting the client's privacy but breaking the ice and making you see that you are not alone.
Reasonable hours, good pay, breaks, incentives, and a pleasant work environment. If our workers are happy, they provide better service and things flow smoother.
I give them a lot of leeway to vent, as long as they're doing it out of customer earshot. I've worked for tyrants before who would go crazy if you said anything negative about a customer, and promised myself I would never become one of them
I actually listen when they are talking. And I care about what they're saying. It makes a huge difference when your boss is actually on your side instead of throwing you under the bus in front of customers (not cool)
I try my hardest to work around everyone's personal schedules. Sometimes it can't be helped of course, but whenever there is a particularly despised shift that no one wants to work (Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas are the big ones), we have a lottery to make things a little more fair. Otherwise the newest people would always end up working holidays and that wouldn't be good because a lot of them have families