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Customer support associate: what Kitehand can take
A typical customer support associate job, split into duties: what Kitehand does, what it asks you about first, and what stays with your team.
The posting it read
Customer support associate. Sort incoming tickets, answer common questions by email, process refunds and returns, update order status, write a weekly support report, handle phone support and escalations.
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Customer support associate
Answers customers by email and keeps orders, refunds and the support queue moving.
Kitehand can take
0.6of a hire
96 of the 160 hours this job needs each month.
| Duty | Who | Hours / month |
|---|---|---|
Sort and tag tickets Reads each ticket, tags it and routes it to the right queue. Helpdesk | Kitehand does it | 20h |
Answer common questions Drafts answers from your help center; new kinds of answers wait for you until they're proven. Helpdesk | Asks you first | 40h |
Refunds and returns Checks eligibility and prepares the refund; money moves only with your OK. PaymentsOrder system | Asks you first | 16h |
Update order status Keeps orders and customers in step with the carrier. Order system | Kitehand does it | 14h |
Weekly support report Counts volumes, response times and top issues into your report. HelpdeskExcel | Kitehand does it | 6h |
Phone support and escalations Live conversations stay with your team. | Stays with your team | 44h |
Upset or complex customers Empathy and judgment stay with people; Kitehand prepares the history. | Stays with your team | 20h |
When
Continuously through support hours
Asks you before
- Any refund
- An answer to a new kind of question
- Closing a complaint
First week
- Day 1: connect the helpdesk, order system and help center
- Day 2: review its drafts on yesterday's tickets
- Days 3–5: it drafts every reply while you approve
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