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Although this sounds like a good thing, the net result is an increase in stress for customerservice professionals. According to Newsweek magazine, the stress level of customerservicerepresentatives is comparable to that of air-traffic controllers and police officers.
Although this sounds like a good thing, the net result is an increase in stress for customerservice professionals. According to Newsweek magazine, the stress level of customerservicerepresentatives is comparable to that of air-traffic controllers and police officers.
Two years ago I was working with a company to help their customerservicerepresentatives convey empathy to customers. The intended outcome of the training was for employees to speak to customers with care, concern and compassion. Achieving empathy in the customerexperience is a bit like walking a tightrope.
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Although this sounds like a good thing, the net result is an increase in stress for customerservice professionals. According to Newsweek magazine, the stress level of customerservicerepresentatives is comparable to that of air-traffic controllers and police officers.
Although this sounds like a good thing, the net result is an increase in stress for customerservice professionals. According to Newsweek magazine, the stress level of customerservicerepresentatives is comparable to that of air-traffic controllers and police officers.
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Studies show that less than 10% of companies have trained customerservice employees on how to handle difficult customers. Clearly, our customerservicerepresentatives didn’t have proper training on how to handle angry, demanding and unreasonable customers.
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