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Restlessness Abounds with Young Millennial/GenZ Customer Service Agents: Declining Job Satisfaction, Most Likely to Leave, Desire for Greater Work/Life BalanceYoung Millennial/GenZ Customer Service Agents (ages 18-24) could be the largest customer service agent demographic in the next several years but they could also be least happy and most likely to leave their jobs according to the 2nd annual Aspect (News - Alert) Agent Experience Index survey. Not only is this demographic the only group whose job satisfaction declined from 2017, 45 percent of Young Millennial/GenZ agents are much more likely to be looking for another job than older Millennials (33 percent) and GenX/Boomers (24%). Driving this restlessness are a number of gaps which exist between the factors all agents say are vital to their engagement, and the availability of those factors in agents' contact centers.
"There are a number of insights from the Aspect Agent Experience Index survey that provide customer service organizations with the keys to making their agents happier and better equipped to service customers," said Nancy Dobrozdravic, Vice President of Marketing, Aspect. "And while employment loyalty in younger agents is the most precarious of all demographics, customer service organizations can reduce employee attrition across cohorts by cloing the gaps between agents' workplace expectations and the contact center's ability to deliver on those fronts." Some other ways customer service organizations can improve agent satisfaction and engagement include:
To see the results of Part One of the 2018 Aspect Agent Experience Index survey, click here. About Aspect Aspect helps enterprises break down the walls between people, processes, systems and data sources, allowing organizations to unite around the customer journey. By developing fully native interaction management, workforce optimization and self-service capabilities within a single customer engagement center, we enable dynamic, conversational interactions and create a truly frictionless omni-channel customer experience. Leveraging the agility of our worldwide cloud infrastructure and over 40 years of industry ingenuity, Aspect conveniently and easily connects questions to answers while helping enterprises keep service levels high and operational costs contained. For more information, visit www.aspect.com. Follow Aspect on Twitter (News - Alert) at @AspectSoftware. Read our blogs at http://blogs.aspect.com. Aspect and the Aspect logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Aspect Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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