An important concept to understand when deciding to outsource to a call center is the horizontal hour vs the vertical hour. When you hire a dedicated employee you pay them "horizontally." The employee is paid for eight hours so they are only available to you during that
When you outsource you are paying for a vertical hour. You are only paying for the
When you are comparing the cost of an outsourcer to the hourly cost of hiring a dedicated employee you have to understand the significant differences. Instead of comparing a dedicated employee to a outsourced call center you need to consider comparing the overall cost of the outsourced call center with the overall cost of the total number of employee's you would need to hire in-house to handle the same work. Don't forget to include soft costs for employee's such as benefits, vacation
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