Customer Service Chaos at Social Security - Reuters
Talk to anyone who has tried to contact Social Security, and you’ll hear approximately the same story: the wait time on hold to speak with an agent was frustratingly long – often an hour or more – and often the call was unexpectedly disconnected shortly after it finally started. This reflects a continued degradation of pre-pandemic poor customer service levels as a result of past budget cuts, now exacerbated by staff losses resulting from the pandemic. The result is a burnt-out staff faced with massive backlogs, leading to even further staff losses and and increasingly poor customer service. Though there may soon be some budget relief for the agency, attaining a satisfactory service level is still far off, as explained in this Reuters article by Mark Miller.
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