Call center benchmarking using call abandon rates

Call center benchmarking using call abandon rates

In a call center environment, what is the North American average abandon rate? Does one even exist?

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No, there are no average abandon rates, although you can certainly find benchmarking data from places like Prosci. Their best practices report (operations edition) provides call abandon rates for a variety of industries.

This was first published in September 2006

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