NPR

Efforts to shrink Social Security's phone wait times are putting a strain elsewhere

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently reassigned a small share of its field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy wait times for the agency's national 800 phone number.

Social Security chief gives update on changes to customer experience

Bisignano spoke about the agency's "enhanced workflows" even as the SSA faces staff reductions under the Trump administration ...
The Boston Globe

Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line

The Social Security Administration is surging staff to its customer service phone operations in the latest effort to address a massive influx of calls that has overwhelmed its struggling 1-800 number.
CNN

Social Security says agents answer the toll-free phone line in 8 minutes, on average. Here’s why that’s misleading

As Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano tells it, callers only had to wait an average of 8 minutes to speak to an agent on the phone in July. “We had a bold goal of single-digit wait time on ...