At Everise, we believe that embracing a progressive and inclusive company culture is the key to our success. Our purpose-led values of being people-first, celebrating diversity, and incubating innovation helped us to create our own culture - one that promotes inclusion and growth for our entire organization.

Connected device intelligence firm Parks Associates recently hosted the first session, in a series of virtual events dedicated to understanding the Future of Video and exploring the emerging market for Over the Top (OTT) video, which is streaming content entering the home via the internet, subverting the broadcast networks and cable providers. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Sling are well-known examples.

Global CX companies are expected to have customers of varying races, religions, and cultural characteristics. This makes it challenging to maintain positive multicultural interactions while delivering quality customer experiences. In a cross-industry employee survey conducted by PwC, 76% of the respondents claimed that diversity is a stated value or priority area for their organization. But to what extent does diversity affect customer experiences?

This year, Everise celebrates International Women’s Day by choosing to challenge traditional work paradigms that hinder not only women in the workplace, but all marginalised communities.

One of the most anticipated events of the century -- the development of the Covid-19 vaccine -- also happens to be one of the most contentious. Potential recipients from every segment of society have a wide range of concerns and many have grown distrustful of information sources they previously counted on.

On 28 December, a $900 billion pandemic relief bill was signed into law, which included enhanced unemployment benefits and direct cash payments. The immediate effect for financial services companies was an increase in customer inquiries, placing a large and unplanned burden on customer support teams, with some companies citing volume increases of over 1000%... yes 1000%.

To become one of the fastest growing CX solutions and technology companies, Everise needed to digitally transform the inner and outer functions of the company in order to scale effectively. One department we had to work on was finance. To do this, we partnered with Netsuite to update our back-end systems and sustain rapid growth within our operations. 

Meet Clare De Guzman, Director of Client Services for Everise Philippines. Clare has been with Everise for over a year and transitioned to working at home when the community quarantines began in her area. In this episode of Live From Our Living Room, Clare shares how she balanced her time with work and family at home and talks about her empowering experiences as a woman working in Everise.

Among the many impacts of the pandemic on economic life has been the need for brands and customers to figure out how to better interface with one another from a distance. In the short term this usually meant greater reliance on phone and chat-based interactions, however in 2020, the world quickly learned that these services - typically delivered via tightly packed contact centers - were themselves untenable.

A rapidly changing and challenging business environment is forcing brands into a two-front battle against technology disruption and unpredictable market volatility. To succeed, leading businesses are turning to disruptive outsourcing partners, who help mitigate their risks through a portfolio of offshore delivery centers equipped with product support experience.