Meeting Cost Calculator

Meetings are one of the largest hidden costs in organizations. A one-hour meeting with 8 people who earn $50/hour costs $400 in direct labor — and that doesn't account for the opportunity cost of what those people could have been building instead.

Studies consistently show that unnecessary meetings are the top productivity complaint among knowledge workers. Shopify famously calculated that a 30-minute meeting with 3 people doesn't cost 30 minutes — it costs 90 minutes of productive time, plus context-switching overhead before and after.

This tool makes the cost visible in real time as you add attendees and set the duration. Sharing the output with your team before scheduling can help justify whether a meeting is worth it, encourage shorter meetings, reduce attendee lists, and shift more communication to async channels like Slack or email.