Is a Remote Support Crew Right for Me?
Seven questions about your volume, coverage and hiring situation. You will get a recommended starting team size — and if the honest answer is "you do not need this yet", that is what it will say.
This is a starting point based on seven questions, not a staffing analysis. The exact recommendation comes after we have seen your actual volume and coverage requirements.
How the recommendation works
The tool weighs three things that genuinely drive staffing: contact volume, coverage hours, and whether work is currently going undone. Coverage tends to matter more than volume at small scale — a twelve-hour window cannot be covered by one person no matter how quiet it is.
If you want to work it out properly rather than approximately, the method is set out in how many support agents your business needs, including why the obvious calculation understates the answer. Or use the staffing calculator to run your own numbers directly.
2 agent team
Our minimum and the most common start. Enough for cover through illness and holidays, small enough to be a low-risk decision.
3–5 agent team
Where two would be stretched — more volume, longer coverage windows, or follow-up work that keeps getting pushed to tomorrow.
5–10 agent team
Sustained volume across multiple channels. At this size a team leader usually earns its place and formal QA becomes worth the cost.