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The Great AI Paradox for Contact Centre Agents

CSM Magazine

Leading research and consulting firm Gartner predicts that Conversational AI will reduce contact centre labour costs by $80billion in 2026 and over the same period, one in 10 agent interactions (10%) will be automated, an increase from an estimated 1.6% of interactions today. Here are a few quick-win ideas to bridge the gap: 1.

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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

Playvox

Quiet Quitting Burnout can also lead agents to engage in “quiet quitting,” in which they perform their duties just well enough to fulfill their job requirements — nothing less and nothing more. To keep turnover under control, you have to make sure your managers are trained to keep engagement up and morale high. Work-life imbalance.