Estimate the annual labor value of productivity time lost among disengaged employees. Set the workforce size, disengagement share, weekly lost hours, and loaded hourly cost to create a transparent scenario for workforce planning.
Annual lost hours = employees × disengaged share × lost hours per week × working weeks; cost = annual lost hours × hourly cost
The result is a scenario based on the assumptions entered, not a universal disengagement benchmark. It makes the cost consequence of those assumptions explicit.
Do not infer the disengaged share or lost hours from an unsupported generic statistic. Use survey segmentation and operational evidence when available.
For 300 employees, a 28% modeled group, 3.5 lost hours weekly, 48 weeks, and $40 per hour, estimated annual cost is $564,480.
No. It is a user-entered scenario input and should come from a consistent internal measurement method.
Use observable workflow, output, quality, or time data where possible and test more than one assumption.
Yes, if lost weekly hours are intended to apply only to weeks actually worked.
No. The estimate is potential annual loss; ROI also requires credible improvement attribution and program cost.
The field permits broad scenarios, but inputs should not exceed the actual weekly work time for the affected group.
| Output | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual engagement cost | Primary planning estimate |
| Employees in modeled group | Supporting decision metric |
| Annual lost hours | Supporting decision metric |
| Annual cost per employee | Supporting decision metric |