Olypsis / Busywork calculator
Put a number
on repeat work.
Start with a task your team repeats each week.
Estimate the time it takes, then decide what to look at next.
What does repeat
work cost your team?
Based on a 40-hour week. Salary value only; this is not a forecast of cash savings.
4,160 hours a year across the team, using 52 weeks. That is 25% of each person’s working week.
Time has a cost.
Savings need a plan.
The estimate is people × annual salary × (weekly hours on the task ÷ 40). For example, 10 hours is a quarter of a 40-hour week. Across 8 people earning $80,000 each, that is $160,000 of annual salary value.
This assumes full-time staff and a 40-hour week. The hours total uses 52 weeks without subtracting leave. It excludes benefits, payroll taxes, software and implementation costs. If your team works a different schedule, this estimate needs adjusting.
Some repeat work is necessary. Automating part of it may free time for other work without reducing payroll. To estimate an actual benefit, check the share you can remove, the time people will still spend reviewing it, and the cost to build and run the change.
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