What Is an Unfilled Position Actually Costing Your Company?
An open role rarely shows up as a single line item. It shows up as overtime for the people covering it, slower turnaround for your customers, and a manager doing two jobs instead of one until someone — the right someone — gets hired.
- The longer a critical seat sits empty, the more it costs in overtime, missed deadlines, and burnout on the team absorbing the gap.
- A fast hire that isn’t the right hire often costs more than the vacancy did — in retraining, turnover, and lost momentum.
- Without a dedicated HR team, most of that cost never gets tracked. It just gets absorbed.