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Retention · The Cost of Losing People

What does it cost to replace one of your people?

Losing a good employee is rarely a line item anyone sees. Recruitment, onboarding, and the months before a replacement reaches full output all add up quietly. Put in a salary below to see a published estimate, set against the cost of keeping that family close.

The Calculator

Estimate a replacement cost

Figures below use published research, not our own numbers.

Enter an annual salary and choose a seniority level.

Each figure is the cost of replacing that person, measured against one year of their salary, from research by the Center for American Progress.

Estimated Replacement Cost
€14,000
Estimated cost to replace a mid-level employee on €70,000, based on the Center for American Progress figure of about 20% of salary.
Keeping the family close
€5,000
One Lingoodle seat, per child, per programme
Replacing the employee
€14,000
About 3 times the cost of a seat

A Lingoodle seat for this employee's family costs €5,000. Replacing them costs an estimated €14,000.

How this is calculated: the salary you enter, multiplied by the replacement-cost range for that seniority level. Nothing is stored or sent.

A seat is one level. A child's full journey with us is four levels, €20,000 in total. For the senior people this perk is meant to keep, that still sits well below the cost of replacing them.

This is a rough estimate for illustration, not a quote or a guarantee. Actual replacement cost varies by role, market, and how the loss is measured. Sources are listed below.

Sources & Method

The research behind the estimate

Every figure in the calculator is drawn from published research.

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