QA Program Rollout Lifts CSAT and Reduces Escalations
A growing B2B SaaS company serving operational software to mid-market customers had built a customer service team without ever putting a formal quality program in place. As volume grew, performance variance widened — some agents were consistently strong, some were inconsistent, and leadership could not articulate why. CSAT had plateaued at 4.1 out of 5 for nine consecutive months. Escalation rates were climbing steadily and consuming senior team capacity.
Designed a QA scorecard structured around the team's actual service standards, weighted to reflect what mattered most for B2B SaaS — accuracy, follow-through on technical issues, and consultative tone. Built a calibration process across the supervisor team to ensure the scorecard was applied consistently. Established a coaching framework tied to QA findings, with weekly 1:1 coaching sessions replacing the previous monthly QA reviews. Trained the supervisor on coaching conversation structure.
- +0.5 CSAT lift (4.1 → 4.6 out of 5)
- -38% reduction in escalation rate
- +12 pts First Contact Resolution improvement
- -22% agent variance on QA scores (more consistent quality)
The QA program itself was less important than what it enabled — a coaching cadence the team could actually run. Most of the lift came from coaching, not measurement.