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Adjunct Instructor, General Education at a university with 51-200 employees
Vendor
The speed up, slow down feature is valuable. Advanced searches help find specific calls.

What is most valuable?

The speed up, slow down feature has helped increase productivity. The advanced searches help in finding specific calls quicker and with more ease.

How has it helped my organization?

The reporting features have helped us identify trends to improve customer service.

What needs improvement?

I was told they are looking into adding chat evaluations as a feature in Calabrio. Right now, I can create an evaluation to grade chat interactions, but I have to view the actual interaction in a different system. It will be nice to hopefully have everything in one system in the near future.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for 2 years.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We have encountered minor deployment issues, but customer service was quick to correct the issues and has been great to work with.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not encountered any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is 10/10.

Technical Support:

Technical support is 10/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used a different solution. We switched because the contract was up. The solution we were using was outdated and we were not pleased with the customer service.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was straightforward and the support for the switch in product was streamlined.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I was told from our management team that they did explore other options.

What other advice do I have?

Calabrio ONE is a great product, is user friendly, and has great customer service.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Contact Center Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
The dual-channel text to speech feature is valuable. We have encountered plenty​ of deployment issues.​

What is most valuable?

  • Analytics
  • Text to speech
  • Dual-channel text to speech

How has it helped my organization?

We are able to address compliance issues more quickly.

What needs improvement?

  • Filtering out text-to-speech hits and better results for negative categories
  • When we set up categories to return results without the selected phrases it only filters out phonetic hits and you can see many contacts where the text to speech clearly recognizes the phrases that you told it to filter out.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for four months. I use the latest cloud version.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We have encountered plenty of deployment issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have encountered a few stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Customer service is 8 out of 10.

Technical Support:

Technical support is 7 out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Avaya. We switched because we needed something different and more modern for new business.

What was our ROI?

ROI is unknown.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Avaya.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user625821Contact Center Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
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Just small things like being unable to see results when using custom date range on the dashboard, the configure fields option was not removing columns when unchecked, had issues deleting contacts. Not sure if it could have been avoided.

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Workforce Management Coordinator at a wireless company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
In WFM, the coverage tray allows us to see our staffing deficits, shrinkage, and the reforecasting of our calls.

What is most valuable?

Calabrio WFM offers great insights on scheduling. What I like about the program the most is the coverage tray as this allows us to see our staffing deficits, shrinkage, and the reforecasting of our calls. This help us make real-time decisions, taking into account how it will affect staffing.

How has it helped my organization?

We switched to Calabrio from one of their competitors so the day-to-day functions were about the same and we really didn't see any improvements as of yet, but this program is always looking at ways to grow.

What needs improvement?

The WFM program's dashboard can be enhanced and their reporting, as well. One thing I like about Calabrio is that they listen to their customers and take feedback to make enhancements on the program.

For how long have I used the solution?

We used this program for about three years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues with deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have encountered stability issues. We had about six months where the program was crashing weekly. Calabrio and us worked through the stability issues, and it has worked to its full capacity.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As of right now, we have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Calabrio's customer service has been awesome; they are willing to help to make it work and willing to help you with workarounds with the system limitations.

Technical Support:

Technical support is 9/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used Verint. When the system crashed, Verint took almost three weeks to answer a ticket; poor customer service.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup was not complex at all.

What about the implementation team?

A vendor team implemented it.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead Business and Forecast Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
The realtime adherence is a great feature. Full UK support is still growing compared to the US.

What is most valuable?

The realtime adherence is a great feature, it lets us stay connected with the call floor and react when needed to demand peaks and shortfalls.

How has it helped my organization?

This gives us a interactive view of the call floor then advisors can also see so they can be a part of the delivery and gain ownership.

What needs improvement?

As we are a Calabrio customer, we get the support we need regarding standard software support for example when the system is not working as expected and user questions.

Calabrio has always supplied great customer service and always helped where possible.What's currently limited is a forum for UK customer to share best practices with and to utilize these connections to ensure that we are using the system to its full capability. As it's a US based company, all of the conferences are in America as it stands, but customer base and functionality are always growing so hopefully we will see this in the UK in the near future.

For how long have I used the solution?

2 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No, the roll-out out was easy with measures in place to roll back if issues where encountered

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

On first roll-out we did but with a couple of server config changes these were resolved. Also we changed browser to Chrome for better performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Not at all, we have over 500 employees using the system without an issue.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

The customer service we have received is first class.

Technical Support:

8 out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We wanted to have a more updated cloud based solution that interrogated fully with our telephony system and had features to enhance our planning and quality capability such as a QM system and speech analytics.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward, once deployed on our server access they the intranet with single sign on was easy. One of the many benefits is the easy to navigation GUI and Config.

What about the implementation team?

In partnership with a vendor.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

One of the reasons we selected this product was the licences are concurrent which is value for money when working in a 24 hour support service.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did, but we felt Calabrio was the best option for our company now and the journey ahead.

What other advice do I have?

Overall I feel this is a great product with a fantastic support network with a exciting features roadmap ahead.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Quality Assurance Team Lead at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
I have found the video capture to be the most valuable feature. I would like not to need to reboot every day when recordings are an issue.

What is most valuable?

I have found the video capture to be the most valuable feature.

How has it helped my organization?

The video capture is a great learning tool for agents when being coached.

What needs improvement?

Not needing to reboot every day when recordings are an issue.

For how long have I used the solution?

4 months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Large company, so the transition is taking some time.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

With being so large it's taking some time to get everyone onboard.

How is customer service and technical support?

We just received an in house tech, so only time will tell.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Resource Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
Room for improvement includes: Scheduling, Exception management, Multi Skilling and Holiday allocation profiles.

What is most valuable?

Real Time Monitoring.

How has it helped my organization?

Easier for RT and TM's to view current adherence.

What needs improvement?

  • Scheduling
  • Exception management
  • Multi Skilling
  • Holiday allocation profiles

For how long have I used the solution?

1-2 years

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Data migration support would have been helpful. Skill groups/mapping was very difficult to understand.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Would not run on Internet Explorer - Chrome required.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Limited.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, we used Aspect. Outdated and upgraded phone system - Calabrio was a part of that upgrade.

How was the initial setup?

I was not part of the initial set up.

What about the implementation team?

Vendor - expertise was high.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No, this was the only option we were given.

What other advice do I have?

Please work more with European/UK market to understand requirements.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Performance Management Specialist at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Vendor
I like real-time quality score notification.

What is most valuable?

Real-time quality score notification.

What needs improvement?

Notifications for schedule changes and vacation approval.

For how long have I used the solution?

2 years

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No problems.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

10/10

Technical Support:

10/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No, this was a new call center.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

In-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Not sure, I was not a part of the decision making process.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Resource analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
Makes agent schedules more accessible and easy to use.

What is most valuable?

Assigning exceptions so that I can assign to multiple people across more than one day.

How has it helped my organization?

Makes agent schedules more accessible and easy to use.

What needs improvement?

It sometimes needs quite clunky work arounds for certain things, e.g. If I add exceptions into agent schedules such as holidays or long term sickness, it's not easy to just delete them. I would like to see an option where you can delete the exceptions and the schedule reverts back to how it was before (breaks and lunch etc) without having to run the entire departments shifts.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this contact center optimization solution for nearly 2 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has crashed a couple of times but may be a server issue.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Change of tactics.

How was the initial setup?

Yes, but I wasn't initially involved.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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