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Meeting Cost Calculator
Person-hours and cost of meetings
Total Person-Hours
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Total Hours
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Meeting Cost
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What is a Meeting Duration Calculator?
Calculates meeting end times and the cost of meetings in employee time - helping teams see the hidden financial cost of poor meeting culture.
How It Works
End time = Start time + Duration. Weekly cost (hours) = Sum(Duration x Participants). Cost = Hours x average hourly cost.
Example
1-hour meeting with 8 employees at Rs.50,000/month: Cost = 8 x (50,000/26/8) = Rs.1,923. Weekly = Rs.9,615/week.
Pro Tips
- Every unnecessary meeting with 10 people = 10 hours of productivity permanently lost.
- Default to 25 or 50 minutes (not 30/60) to build in transition and recovery time.
- Async updates (Loom, Slack) replace most status meetings; reserve synchronous time for decisions.
- Stand-up meetings (15 min max) dramatically reduce meeting bloat in engineering teams.
FAQ
How much do meetings cost?▼
A 1-hour meeting with 10 employees at Rs.60K/month costs Rs.2,884 in direct employee time.
How to reduce meeting time?▼
Set agenda, end 5 min early, ban laptops, use 25/50 min defaults, replace status with async.
Good meeting cadence?▼
Weekly 1:1s (30 min), bi-weekly team sync (45 min), monthly all-hands (60 min).
Who should attend?▼
Only decision-makers and those who must act. Observers get a written summary.