Skills CX operations

New-hire ramp

Two questions, and they are usually conflated: how long does it take a new agent to reach proficiency, and is this particular new agent on track. The first is a cohort analysis; the second is an individual judgement that depends entirely on having done the first.

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Installnpx rulebase-skills install cx-onboarding-ramp

When to use it

Reach for this when someone says any of these — they are the phrases the skill itself triggers on:

  • how long until new hires are productive
  • time to proficiency
  • how is the new cohort doing

How it works

The method, in the order the skill runs it. The full procedure — tables, worked examples and the edge cases — is in the skill itself.

  1. Define proficiency before measuring time to it

    Pick the definition deliberately and state it. Options, none of which is uniquely correct: Quality-based, Throughput-based, Autonomy-based, Composite.

  2. Build the curve, not the average

    Plot the metric against tenure, by cohort. What to look for: The plateau point, The plateau level, The stall.

  3. Beware what the early data actually is

    Three biases all point the same way — they make new hires look better than they are — and they invalidate naive ramp curves.

  4. Cohort comparison

    Comparing cohorts is how you learn whether a training change worked. It is only valid if you hold the rest constant: Same definition of proficiency and same clock anchor, Similar work mix and channel assignment.

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