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Estimate the true cost of mis-hires in your engineering team. See direct costs, indirect costs, and the ROI of structured hiring.
Hiring Cost Calculator
How Much Are Bad Hires Costing You?
Most companies track cost-per-hire. Few track cost-per-bad-hire.
A mis-hire in engineering costs 3–5x their annual salary when you factor in:
- Recruiting costs (again)
- Onboarding and training (wasted)
- Lost productivity (team slowdown)
- Delayed projects (opportunity cost)
- Manager time (interviews, coaching, termination)
- Morale impact (team sees it)
$360K–$600K
Cost of a single mis-hire at a $120K salary
$3.6M–$6M
Annual waste at 20% mis-hire rate, 50 hires/year
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