17 June 2015

How Call Centres Can Support Businesses During Summer Vacation Time

Summer means vacation time for many employees. This can be great if your business is slow during the summer, but what if your business is busy all year round? Denying your employees vacation time would be a very bad move, but running with only half your staff could be even worse. If your customers can’t get the care they deserve during the summer, you could be out in the cold when the season’s over. Here’s where a call centre becomes invaluable to your business. Here are a few ways that call centres can support your business during summer vacation time.

Provide coverage for your staff when they go on vacation

Sure, you could simply try to let your remaining staff handle all your business and customer service needs while the others are on vacation, but you risk providing poor customer service this way, plus your overworked employees will feel pretty stressed. You could hire in summer help, but that’s time consuming, expensive and stressful.

Using a call centre is easy, and you can utilize as many customer service reps as you need without busting your budget. Plus, you can schedule your call centre support for the busiest times, so you won’t risk providing poor service to your customers.

Provide extra coverage during the busy season

If your business sees a boost during the summer, and you don’t have staff that goes on vacation, you may still want to consider using a call centre to provide the best customer service and take the strain off of your employees.

Overworked employees can lose morale fast, which has a direct effect on your customers. Providing call centre backup takes some of the pressure off your employees, so they can focus on their jobs instead of fielding phone calls.

Happy employees makes for happy customers, which all means great things for your business this summer.