RedHub AI
Quick Kit · The Math
How the math works
What an empty seat really costs
Cost-per-hire is the number everyone tracks; the cost of the seat sitting empty is the bigger one nobody prices. Here's the honest net math the kit runs on every open role.
The inputs (2 roles open 45 days)
Revenue / employee
$200,000
per year
Impact factor
1.5×
role criticality
Time to fill
45 days
× 2 open roles
Salary / temp
$90k / $3k
saved / added per role
($200,000 ÷ 260 work days) × 1.5 impact × 45 days × 2 roles
= $103,846 gross lost − $31,154 salary saved + $6,000 temp = $78,692 net
Net cost · 2 roles, 45 days
$78,692and counting
The honest cost of hiring slowly
About $1,615 for every extra day the seats stay empty.
Two roles open for 45 days quietly cost $78,692 in net lost revenue — roughly $1,615 for every extra day they stay empty. The kit prices each open seat so a stalled hire stops looking free.
Revenue-per-employee method: gross impact minus the salary you're not paying while vacant, plus temp/overtime. Hard revenue only — burnout and morale aren't counted, and the figure is only as honest as the impact factor you set.