ROI calculator
What weak performance reviews cost you
Plug in your numbers to estimate the yearly cost of regretted attrition and review admin — and what better reviews could save.
Your numbers
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Advanced assumptions
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Derived: salary × 1.3 ÷ 1,720 hours.
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Results
Estimate
Potential saving per year
€48k–€119k
€47,550 – €118,875
Estimate
Regretted attrition cost / yr
€412,500
~15.0 regretted leavers
Estimate
Review admin / yr
1,500 h
€63,000 of manager time
Annual cost vs. saving
EstimateRegretted attrition€413k
Review admin€63k
Saving (high)€119k
Saving (low)€48k
CFO summary
With 250 staff, 15% attrition and 40% regretted, regretted attrition costs an estimated €412,500/yr; review admin takes ~1,500 manager hours (€63,000). Improving review quality and cadence could save an estimated €47,550–€118,875/yr. Assumptions: average salary €55,000; replacement cost 50% of salary; 3 manager hours per employee per review cycle, 2 cycles/yr; manager hourly cost €42; improvement range 10–25%. Illustrative estimate based on your inputs and public ranges (SHRM, Gallup). Not a guarantee or a Revolut People benchmark.
How Revolut People helps
- Structured performance reviews and calibration
- Goals that connect individual work to company priorities
- Regular 1:1s and continuous feedback
- HRIS, time off and onboarding in one place
Assumptions & sources
- Regretted leavers250 × 15% × 40%
- 15.0
- Cost of regretted attrition15.0 × €55,000 × 50%
- €412,500
- Admin hours250 × 3h × 2
- 1,500 h
- Admin cost1,500h × €42
- €63,000
- Potential saving(€413k + €63k) × 10–25%
- €47,550–€118,875
Sources are public ranges, not Revolut data:
- SHRM: replacement often cited at ~50–200% of salary for many roles, roughly 6–9 months' salary.
- Gallup: replacing an employee costs 0.5–2× annual salary; managers account for ~70% of variance in team engagement.
Illustrative estimate based on your inputs and public ranges. Not a guarantee or a Revolut People benchmark.
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