Ask the Experts 27: Onboarding and managing support reps
Hello everyone,
We are back with our Ask the Experts (ATE) series for 2026.
This year, we bring experts to help you address customer support challenges using Zoho Desk.
For our first ATE, we are getting into the human side of customer support.
"Every support team has one." An agent who's still finding their footing three months in. A ticket that quietly buried your CSAT score. An SLA breach nobody saw coming until the customer escalated. A star performer who suddenly quit.
We are back with our Ask the Experts (ATE) series for 2026.
This year, we bring experts to help you address customer support challenges using Zoho Desk.
For our first ATE, we are getting into the human side of customer support.
"Every support team has one." An agent who's still finding their footing three months in. A ticket that quietly buried your CSAT score. An SLA breach nobody saw coming until the customer escalated. A star performer who suddenly quit.
These challenges don't always show up on dashboards, but they affect your team's work every single day.
Here are a few areas of challenge you might have as an agent or an admin managing agents:
- Onboarding and ramp-up time
- Ticket ownership and accountability
- Inconsistent skill gaps
- Ticket management across channels
- SLA breaches and escalation management
- Handling time and productivity
- Ticket ownership and ticket transfers
- Internal Collaboration and Communication
- Compliance and data handling
- Response quality and tone inconsistency
- Agent burnout and attrition
Take this opportunity to discuss with our experts how Zoho Desk can address your challenges.
This event is a live text-based discussion. It's not a webinar or meeting.
Our experts will respond to your questions for 8 hours straight.
Our experts will respond to your questions for 8 hours straight.
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We look forward to hearing from you and having an insightful session, just like our Ask the Expert sessions in 2025.
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See you in the session,
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