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Meeting Overhead Calculator
Enter weekly meeting hours, team size, and hourly cost to compute total meeting cost, deep work time remaining, and meeting overhead percentage.
No data is transmitted — everything runs locallyTool
Example — Representative default scenario — engineers 12 · meeting hours per week 7 · avg hourly cost 85.
Weekly meeting cost
$21,600
12h × 12 devs × $150
Deep work hrs/week
28 hrs
40h - 12h meetings
vs target
+8 hrs
target: 20h focused
Annual meeting cost
$1,123,200
per year
About this tool
Meeting Overhead Calculator
The Meeting Overhead Calculator computes weekly meeting cost, deep work hours remaining, and meeting overhead percentage with maker schedule guidance.
• Calculate total weekly meeting cost for an engineering team
• Identify whether meeting load leaves sufficient deep work time
• Build case for no-meeting days with concrete cost numbers
• Benchmark meeting overhead against healthy engineering team targets
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FAQ
What does this tool tell you?
The Meeting Overhead Calculator computes weekly meeting cost, deep work hours remaining, and meeting overhead percentage with maker schedule guidance.
What affects the result most?
Meeting cost = n_attendees × avg_hourly_rate × duration_hours. Engineering meeting overhead: industry studies find 35-50% of engineering time in meetings at growing companies. Maker vs manager schedule: engineers need 4hr focus blocks — 1hr meetings shatter this.
How should I use the result?
The calculation is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same output — so the most useful workflow is to vary one input at a time and see which factor moves the result most. That tells you where to focus your attention before committing to a decision.
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