{"id":2353,"date":"2023-09-12T15:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2023-09-13T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:53:10","slug":"is-your-service-desk-being-taken-for-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/is-your-service-desk-being-taken-for-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your Service Desk being Taken for Granted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ServiceDeskBlog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2362\" src=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ServiceDeskBlog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ServiceDeskBlog.png 900w, https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ServiceDeskBlog-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ServiceDeskBlog-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever noticed that the better your Service Desk gets, the more it gets taken for granted?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve risen to every challenge \u2013 solved more incidents faster than ever, improved service uptime, built an amazing self-service portal, and you\u2019re even managing service requests and changes &#8211; 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