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
The meeting itself
3 × 1h × €80/h
Regaining focus
3 × 20 min × €80/h
Time taken from the team
4.5 hoursSend this breakdown to your team or the organiser
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