Behind the Headset is a podcast dedicated to the contact centre industry and is powered by their stories.

Customer Service Representatives take thousands of calls each year and we want to share, celebrate, laugh and empathise with their yarns.

Got a great story you want to share? Leave us a message by clicking the Record Your Story side button

(DON’T include proprietary or private company or customer identification information.)

Need some inspiration? Feel free to answer any of the following:

  • If you could tell your day one on-the-job self one piece of advice, what would it be?

  • What’s the funniest thing you have accidentally said to a customer

  • What’s the most heartwarming story you have from your time in the contact centre

  • What’s the best or worst part of working in a contact centre

  • What’s your top tip for building rapport

  • What is your prediction for the contact centre?

  • Have you ever received a call from a customer who believed they were talking to a different company altogether? How did you handle it?

  • If you could choose the hold music for your customers, what genre or theme would it be? Bonus points if you can hum a few bars!"

  • "Have you ever accidentally picked up a call and forgot your 'professional' voice, or were mid-conversation with someone? How did the customer re