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r/helpdesk pain points

VettedGaps has researched 10 problems people raise in r/helpdesk, each backed by real posts.

By category

  • Collaboration & Sharing: 5
  • Performance & Reliability: 3
  • Automation & Workflows: 1
  • Billing & Pricing: 1

Top problems

  • Help desk agents spend hours hand-triaging tickets by priority and owner (Performance & Reliability · 3 pieces of evidence)
  • New IT service desk staff get little to no onboarding training (Collaboration & Sharing · 5 pieces of evidence)
  • Helpdesk technicians get stuck in siloed tiers that pass tickets around (Collaboration & Sharing · 4 pieces of evidence)

What people say

“The criticality flags are intended to assist with prioritization, but they’re set by users”
From r/helpdesk, on “Help desk agents spend hours hand-triaging tickets by priority and owner”

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