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Estimate your staffing need for a month:

Total tickets per month
Average Handling Time per ticket
35h week = 151h, 39h = 169h
Productive time vs paid time, usually 70-85%

Enter your numbers and click Calculate.

What is workforce sizing?

Workforce sizing, or FTE sizing, tells you how many agents you need to process a given ticket volume. It is the foundation of customer service staffing.

The formula: FTE = (Volume x Average time) / (Work hours x Occupancy rate)

Occupancy matters. An agent does not spend 100% of the day handling tickets. Breaks, training, meetings and admin exist. A realistic rate is usually between 70% and 85%.

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