Glossary

Occupancy

Percentage of an agent's logged-in time spent on calls or wrap-up (i.e. not idle).

Occupancy = (talk + wrap) / logged-in time. The percentage of an agent's shift spent productively.

Industry rule: 70-85% is healthy; over 90% leads to burnout; under 60% means under-utilized.

How to push occupancy up

  • Increase predictive dial level (carefully — drop rate counter-pressure)
  • Reduce wrap-up time (auto-wrap-up timer)
  • Hire more agents for less-loaded shifts (paradoxically — distributes load)

How to push it down

  • Lower dial level
  • Add wrap-up time (improves data quality)
  • Add training tasks during slow periods

VICIdial reports

Daily Stats → Agent Time Detail. Tracks logged-in vs paused vs talking.

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