Calculated my meetings cost the org 146k a year and pointed at which ones could be an email

Executive briefing on your meeting load (last 4 weeks). You're spending ~32 hours/week in meetings costing the org ~3,040 dollars/week — and roughly a third could be an email. ## 1. Total load **Avg 32 meeting-hours/week** across 18 recurring + ad-hoc meetings. ## 2. Cost Blended rate ~95 dollars/hr (mixed IC + manager). 32h × 95 = **3,040 dollars/week**. ## 3. Classification | Type | Hours/wk | % | |------|----------|---| | Status updates | 11 | 34% | | Information-sharing | 8 | 25% | | Decision-making | 7 | 22% | | Relationship-building | 6 | 19% | Status + info-sharing = 59% of your meeting time. That's the target zone. ## 4. "Could be an email" candidates - **Weekly project status (4 meetings, 4h)** → async Loom + written update. - **All-hands recap re-read (1h)** → it's already recorded. - **Vendor check-ins with no decision (2h)** → monthly written report. ## 5. Compression opportunities - 6 standing 60-min meetings have <40 min of real content → cut to 30 min. Saves **3h/week**. ## 6. Attendee optimization The "Eng-Product sync" has 9 attendees; only 4 contribute. Make 5 optional → frees ~5 person-hours/week across the org. ## 7. Annualized 3,040 dollars/week × 48 working weeks = **~146,000 dollars/year** in meeting spend on your calendar alone. ## Recommendations **(A) Cancel:** weekly status meetings → async. **(B) Reformat:** compress 6 meetings 60→30 min. **(C) Savings:** ~9 hours and ~855 dollars/week of *your* time = **~41,000 dollars/year** reclaimed, before counting freed attendee hours.