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Raw dispatches from customer support operations. Not polished case studies—real insights from teams handling millions of interactions.

Updated: January 31, 2025

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FeaturedJanuary 31, 2025

Black Friday 2024: 340% volume spike handled without wait time increase

Our pre-trained seasonal team of 45 agents ramped up in 3 days. Here's how we did it.

340%

Volume increase

< 2 min

Avg wait time

4.7/5

CSAT maintained

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recent dispatches

Recent Dispatches

Jan 31 INSIGHT: Black Friday 2024: 340% volume spike handled without wait time increase
Our pre-trained seasonal team of 45 agents ramped up in 3 days. Here's how we did it.
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Jan 28 INSIGHT: Spanish support team doubled in 2 weeks for LatAm expansion
A SaaS client expanding to Mexico needed native Spanish speakers fast. We delivered.
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Jan 24 INSIGHT: AI triage now handles 67% of tier-1 tickets automatically
Our latest AI model identifies and resolves common issues without human intervention.
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Jan 20 INSIGHT: Telehealth client passes HIPAA audit with zero findings
Third consecutive audit with perfect compliance. Here's our approach.
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Jan 15 INSIGHT: Why we stopped tracking Average Handle Time
AHT incentivizes rushing. Customer Effort Score incentivizes solving. We chose solving.
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Jan 10 INSIGHT: How we provide 24/7 coverage without burning out agents
Follow-the-sun model across 3 time zones keeps response times fast and agents happy.

from the dispatch board

AHT incentivizes rushing. Customer Effort Score incentivizes solving. We chose solving.
Why we stopped tracking Average Handle Time

deep dives

Deep Dives

Longer explorations of operational challenges

Scaling Operations

How a D2C Fashion Brand Cut Response Time by 60%

From 4-hour response times to under 90 minutes while growing 3x. The full story.

8 min · Read →

Human + AI

SaaS Company Outsources Tier-1 Support: 6-Month Results

Engineering time recovered, customer satisfaction improved. Here's the data.

10 min · Read →

Industry Insights

Building HIPAA-Compliant Support from Scratch

A telehealth startup needed compliant support in 30 days. We made it happen.

12 min · Read →

Multilingual Support

The ROI of Multilingual Support: Real Numbers

What happens when you stop forcing customers to use English.

7 min · Read →

metrics we track (and why)

Metrics We Track (And Why)

Not vanity metrics—the ones that actually predict customer outcomes.

First Contact Resolution

→ Customer Effort Score

FCR rewards closing tickets fast. CES measures how hard customers had to work—which actually predicts loyalty.

Average Handle Time

→ Resolution Quality Time

AHT penalizes thoroughness. A 10-minute call that solves everything beats three 3-minute calls that don't.

CSAT Score

→ Re-contact Rate

CSAT is easily gamed. Re-contact rate is honest: if customers come back with the same issue, you didn't solve it.

Industry Insights I Spent 30 Minutes on a Call With Nothing Left to Fix. It Was the Most Important Call of the Day. 7 min

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