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The cost of a vacant executive seat
An empty leadership seat is not a saved salary — it is deferred decisions, stalled revenue and a team without direction. Five inputs, results on screen, no email required.
Vice President of Operations · 14 weeks vacant
Fully loaded cost of vacancy
Based on $285,000 base, 9 reports, and $48M influenced.
$9,400
per calendar day
$65,800 per week · $921,200 to date
At 60 days
$564,000
Roughly two search cycles’ fee, unrecovered.
At 90 days
$846,000
The point where team attrition risk rises sharply.
At 120 days
$1,128,000
More than three times a completed search.
Cumulative cost by day
Placeholder coefficients
| Days vacant | Cumulative cost |
|---|---|
| 30 | $282,000 |
| 60 | $564,000 |
| 90 | $846,000 |
| 120 | $1,128,000 |
| 150 (projected) | $1,410,000 |
Assumption line (placeholder): daily cost = (fully loaded comp ÷ working days) + (team productivity drag × reports) + (influenced revenue × contribution margin × decision drag ÷ working days). Adjust the assumptions below to re-run.
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