Meeting Cost Calculator

The calendar says an hour. Your team loses more: the wind-down before and the refocus after. Here’s the full price.

Meeting cost

What one meeting really takes out of the day

Meeting length
1h
€/h

Average across attendees, including salary and overheads.

How often does it happen?

Every attendee loses about minutes winding down before a meeting and minutes getting back into focus after it. We count that time too.

Real cost of this meeting
€360

€240 on the calendar, plus €120 in lost focus

10m
1h
20m
Wind-down
Meeting
Refocus

Pre-meeting disruption

3 × 10 min × €80/h

€40

The meeting itself

3 × 1h × €80/h

€240

Regaining focus

3 × 20 min × €80/h

€80

Time taken from the team

4.5 hours

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