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Standup Cost Calculator
"It's just 15 minutes." Sure. Multiply that by team size, workdays, and salary — then add the context-switching tax. Here's the honest number.
PER MEETING
$173
PER YEAR
$43,269
TEAM TIME / YEAR
750 hrs
≈ 18.8 full work-weeks
Assumes 250 workdays/year and 2,080 working hours/year. Salary used only to estimate hourly cost — nothing leaves your browser.
The context-switching tax is real
Research on deep work consistently shows it takes 15–25 minutes to regain full focus after an interruption. A mid-morning standup doesn't cost 15 minutes — it costs the hour around it. We default this calculator to a conservative 15 minutes of ramp per person. If the number stings, consider going async.