Calibration ROI Calculator
What Are Uncalibrated Reviews Costing You?
Enter your headcount, average salary, and review quality metrics to see the true annual cost of bad calibration — and your savings potential with structured calibration.
Your Company
All full-time employees subject to performance reviews
Fully-loaded annual compensation (salary + benefits)
% of hires or promotions that turn out to be the wrong decision (industry avg: 12–20%)
% of employees who leave voluntarily per year (US avg: 15–22%)
How we calculate: Bad decision cost = 30% of salary per incident. Calibration reduces bad decisions by 50% and voluntary regrettable turnover by 12%. Manager calibration time = $400/employee/year without structured process; Confirm reduces by 45%. Replacement cost = 1.5× avg salary.
Your Calibration Numbers
Annual Cost of Uncalibrated Reviews
$1,462,500
Bad decisions, excess turnover, and wasted manager time — attributable to poor calibration
Potential Annual Savings
$731,250
Estimated savings with structured calibration via Confirm
Estimated Payback Period
2.4 mo
How fast Confirm pays for itself based on your numbers
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📊 Full Calibration Cost Breakdown
Cost of Uncalibrated Reviews
Bad Hire / Bad Promote Cost
Employees × bad decision rate × avg salary × 30% cost factor
$1,068,750
Excess Regrettable Turnover
Regrettable departures driven by unfair reviews × replacement cost (1.5× salary)
$313,875
Manager Calibration Time Waste
Unstructured calibration overhead per employee × manager loaded rate
$79,875
Total Annual Cost of Uncalibrated Reviews
$1,462,500
Savings with Structured Calibration (Confirm)
Bad Decision Reduction (50%)
Structured calibration cuts bad hires/promotes in half
$534,375
Regrettable Turnover Reduction (12%)
Fairer, more transparent reviews keep high performers longer
$37,665
Calibration Time Savings (45%)
Confirm automates prep, grouping, and session management
$35,944
Total Annual Savings
$607,984
⚡ Estimated Payback Period
2.4 months
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