Value the time each attendee brings to recurring meetings.
Each attendee's salary becomes an hourly cost, which times their meeting hours gives their weekly meeting value, scaled to the whole team. Multiplying by the number of attendees shows that a long meeting with senior staff can cost far more than the decision it makes.
Meeting Cost per Attendee
Hourly cost = salary / (weekly hours x 52); per attendee = hourly x meeting hours
Hourly cost = salary / (weekly hours x 52); per attendee = hourly x meeting hours Each attendee's salary becomes an hourly cost, which times their meeting hours gives their weekly meeting value, scaled to the whole team.
Multiplying by the number of attendees shows that a long meeting with senior staff can cost far more than the decision it makes.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Attendee salary, Weekly work hours, Meeting hours/week, Attendees. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.