What Is the Wait Before the Conversation Costing?
How much time do you or your employees spend unsure how to approach a supervisor? Adjust this example to see how the time adds up.
Before one conversation
Your salary and frequency
2,080 paid hours = 40 hours per week × 52 weeks. For a team, enter average salary and frequency per person.
Please complete every field with valid numbers.
Time before each conversation, per person75 minutes
Value of that time per conversation, per person$48.08
Annual hours represented, across all people130 hoursEquivalent to 3.25 workweeks of 40 hours.
Annual value of paid time, across all people$5,000
Share of annual salary represented, per person6.25%
Illustrative estimate of paid time, not guaranteed cash savings. Coworker time, the actual conversation, and delayed decisions are not included. Time for useful preparation is not necessarily lost productivity. Results assume the pattern you entered repeats throughout the selected weeks.
Prepare with purpose. Approach with confidence.
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