Re:Want quick answers? Ask questions well
by Spooky23 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:54PM
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Absolutely, it’s a form of goldbricking.
I ran a service desk for a bit. 70% of tickets are password resets, and 95% of those resets can be done online. We deliberately put password calls in a flow that required a 25 minute minimum wait time, which actually increased the number of calls from some cohorts of users.
We reduced the call count by a significant margin by requiring remote users to report to the office if they needed a password reset first thing in the morning, after discovering that cohort was like 5x more likely to call, and most likely to call before 10am.
I ran a service desk for a bit. 70% of tickets are password resets, and 95% of those resets can be done online. We deliberately put password calls in a flow that required a 25 minute minimum wait time, which actually increased the number of calls from some cohorts of users.
We reduced the call count by a significant margin by requiring remote users to report to the office if they needed a password reset first thing in the morning, after discovering that cohort was like 5x more likely to call, and most likely to call before 10am.