Meeting Cost Calculator

Most meetings sink productivity and profit.

Calculate how much that meeting is really costing you.

7 out of 10 employees feel their time is being squandered in meetings, and 45% of meetings serve no purpose at all

TEAMSTAGE RESEARCH

Calculate your meeting cost

Before you run a meeting, make sure it’s worth it.

Meeting Cost Calculator

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FAQs

  • Step 1. Select or type the number (#) of hours your meeting is. e.g. 2

    Step 2. Select or type the number of meeting attendees. e.g. 4

    Step 3. Select from the dropdown the annual wage of each attendee (super is calculated ontop)

    Your total meeting cost estimate will automatically calculate at the top.

    Shocked at how much your meeting is costing you? Press the ‘Email This Atrocity’ button to forward your results to your colleagues or boss!

  • The calculator creates an estimate of the meeting cost using the annual wage of each attendee and the hours spent in a meeting.

    Super (11%) is calculated ontop of the selected wage bracket.

    If you tick the ‘include meeting preparation and follow up time’ box, an additional 10% will be added.

    Please note: these are estimates only. And this calculator doesn’t count the opportunity cost of your attendees doing other work!

  • For the past 20 years, time spent in meetings has been increasing by 10% annually. So has the number of participants in meetings. And that's compounding every year. If that doesn't concern you, this will…

    Research by TeamStage which interviews top executives and staff, found that 45% of meetings serve no purpose at all. 45%! That explains why 7 out of 10 employees feel their time is being squandered in, you guessed it, meetings.

    Learn more about how to run effective meetings that don’t become a black hole for productivity and profit.

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