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What one departure costs you, in five parts, from figures you already have. Ask your supervisors for the ones you do not.

Your figures

These fields open on an example — sixty people in one department group at sixty percent turnover. Every figure below is computed from what is in the fields. Replace them with yours.

Mark every guess and use the conservative end.
Show the method every time. A number that survives challenge is worth more than a large one.

The groupPeople in this group

State departures as

Annual turnover, percentAverage loaded hourly wageWage plus taxes, insurance and benefits.Hours in a working dayDays from hire to full productivityAsk your supervisors.

Pre-departure

days at reduced output × hours a day × loaded rate × the shortfall

Days at reduced output before they leftHow much output was down, percent

Recruitment

hours across everyone involved × their rate, plus hard costs

Hours across everyone involvedTheir blended hourly rateHard costs — postings, agency, referral

Selection

interview hours × rate, plus screening, background and references

Interview hours, everyone in the roomTheir blended hourly rateScreening, background and references

Orientation and training

trainee hours × loaded rate, plus trainer hours × trainer rate

Trainee hoursCosted at the loaded wage above.Trainer hoursTrainer hourly rate

Productivity loss

days to full productivity × hours a day × loaded rate × the shortfall, plus drag on colleagues

Shortfall while ramping, percentHours colleagues lost coveringA guess. Opens at zero, which is the conservative end.Their hourly rate

Your number

One departure, in five parts. Each line is the method beside its field, worked on your figures.
Pre-departuredays at reduced output × hours a day × loaded rate × the shortfall	$1,320
Recruitmenthours across everyone involved × their rate, plus hard costs	$920
Selectioninterview hours × rate, plus screening, background and references	$500
Orientation and trainingtrainee hours × loaded rate, plus trainer hours × trainer rate	$2,624
Productivity lossdays to full productivity × hours a day × loaded rate × the shortfall, plus drag on colleagues	$3,696
Cost per departure	$9,060

Departures a year: 36 at 60%
Annual cost: $326,160
The same, ten points lower: $271,800 at 50%
What ten points are worth: $54,360

Company Vault is $99 per property, per month. Your number is $326,160 a year.

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