What did that meeting cost?
A meeting costs each person’s time in it. Set the three numbers and see the bill. It all happens in your browser: nothing is stored and nothing is sent.
Use the full cost of a person, not only their pay. Any currency works; the sign is only a label.
$480
- Every minute$8.00
- Held every week, over a year of 48 weeks$23,040
- Hours of people’s time8
The figures above are for 8 people, 60 minutes and $60 an hour. With scripts switched on you can change them and run the meter live.
What to do with the number.
Do not cancel everything
Some meetings are worth every cent. The number is a question, not a verdict.
Ask the room
“Was this meeting worth your time?” is a yes or no question. Ask it at the end of a meeting that repeats, without names attached.
Replace the update, keep the discussion
If half the meeting is people reporting in, send that half as an Offbeat and spend the meeting on what needs talking through.
Inside Pulse
Pulse has a meeting cost calculator for hosts, with a real hourly cost for each person set by an admin. Attendance is kept apart from votes, so answers stay anonymous.