Contact centre professionals have an unfair stigma attached to them for being disloyal, unmotivated, poorly trained and having a 'couldn't-care-less' attitude. Independent research, commissioned by Siemens Enterprise Communications, looks beyond the technology employed in UK contact centre environments and into the habits, tips, thoughts and working practices of the workers themselves. This first of three parts puts paid to perceived wisdom and generates a 21st Century profile of the modern day 'Professional Listener'. The research questioned over 500 contact centre workers in the UK, comprising a combination of inbound and outbound workers across both the public and private sectors.
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