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Call Center Supervisor

Customer Service

You manage the team leads, own the shift performance, and spend your days staring at a real-time wallboard that tells you exactly how many customers are waiting, how many reps are available, and how many are somehow in 'after-call work' for 12 minutes. You write performance improvement plans, approve time-off requests that would blow your coverage, and try to keep morale alive in a job with 40% annual turnover.

Salary Range

Low

$42k

Median

$55k

High

$68k

10-Year Growth

1%

US Workers

200K

Education

Associate's degree preferred + 3-5 years call center experience including team lead

Environment

indoor

Tools & Technical Skills

  • ▸Workforce management (WFM) software
  • ▸Quality assurance scoring & calibration
  • ▸Performance improvement plans (PIPs)
  • ▸Scheduling & staffing optimization
  • ▸KPI reporting & dashboarding
  • ▸HR processes (hiring, attendance, termination)

People & Mindset Skills

  • ▸Leadership
  • ▸Conflict resolution
  • ▸Communication
  • ▸Accountability
  • ▸Analytical thinking
  • ▸Stress management
  • ▸Empathy

What you'll actually do

  • 01Manage team leads and monitor shift-level performance metrics
  • 02Build staffing schedules that balance coverage with sanity
  • 03Conduct quality assurance reviews — listen to calls, score, and provide feedback
  • 04Write PIPs for underperforming reps and manage the documentation
  • 05Report daily/weekly metrics to the call center manager
  • 06Try to retain employees in a job with notoriously high turnover