The Slowness Tax Calculator

Executives, founders and department leads who take part in company-level decisions.

Decisions that block other people while they wait: a hire, a launch, a pricing change, a reorganisation. Two a month is typical.

Days from an issue being raised at executive level to an owner acting on a decision.

Team members whose work is paused or slowed until the decision is made.

Salary, social charges and overhead divided by working days.

People rarely sit idle. They switch to lower-value work. 50% is a conservative middle.

What one week of delay is worth on a typical decision: revenue not booked, a hire not started, a launch moved. Your estimate, set to 0 to leave it out.