Bank Swapped 45 Staff for a Voice Bot — and Call Volume Went Up
Nir777 · reddit · 2026-10-29
Commonwealth Bank replaced 45 staff with a voice bot, and per the union call volumes went up. A video breakdown explains why an unfixed problem comes back as new work, and cites a 5,000-agent study on what support bots should actually be doing instead.
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