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Time-to-Competency Calculator — Playbook Builder


Free tool from Playbook Builder

Time-to-Competency Calculator

Find out what it really costs to get a new hire up to speed — and how much you could save with a structured onboarding system.





Time to full effectiveness
Total ramp cost
Lost productivity cost
salary paid vs. output delivered
Interruption cost
manager + team time diverted
Without structured training
With structured training

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Process documentation
Structured onboarding
Performance tracking
Team accountability

Assumptions: 5-day work week, 8 hrs/day, 52 weeks/year. Interruption cost uses 15 min avg. resolution time per incident. Lost productivity calculated from weekly productivity % vs. full-rate salary equivalent. Benchmark ramp times sourced from SHRM and Gallup onboarding research.