ROI calculator

Estimate the hours and dollars an in-house HR team reclaims per investigation cycle.

Drag the sliders to match team size and case volume. The calculator applies the same benchmarks Corestride ER's method is built against — 8 hrs saved per investigation cycle and a $75/hr blended HR rate — so the figure update with the case load, not against it.

Calculator

Two inputs. Five reactive figures.

Hours saved, dollar value, and per-seat impact — every output is a pure function of the team size and case-volume inputs. The math is the same across the HR-shop range: from a solo HR Pro handling investigations through a multi-seat HR Team running jurisdiction-aware compliance reviews.

Inputs
Adjust in real time
Drag the sliders to set the in-house HR team and the case volume the team handles per year. Outputs refresh as you drag.
10HR seats

In-house HR pros responsible for ER + investigations on this team.

25cases / yr

Investigations + compliance reviews + ER coaching the team processes annually.

Hours saved per investigation cycle

8hrs / case
Time recovered by consolidating intake → dossier → draft → export in one HR record.

Hours saved per year

200hrs / yr
25 cases × 8 hrs each.

$ value per year

$15,000
Hours saved × $75/hr blended HR rate.

$ value per HR seat

$1,500
$/year spread across 10 HR seats.

$ per investigation cycle

$600
8 hrs × $75/hr — independent of slider inputs.
Assumptions used
Benchmarks used to convert hours to dollar value. These are planning figures, not contracted or guaranteed rates.
HOURS_PER_CASE8 hrs

Time saved per investigation cycle by consolidating intake → dossier → draft → export into a single HR record.

Blended HR rate$75/hr

Mid-band in-house HR generalist + manager review; not a guaranteed rate — actual $/investigation varies by matter.

MultipliercasesPerYear / yr

$/year = HOURS_PER_CASE × BLENDED_RATE × casesPerYear; $/HR-seat = $/year ÷ team size.

Drafts are starting points for HR review. Severance and release language routes through employment counsel before sending — see the People's Approach on the methodology page.

See the workspace before the contract.

Open a case against the method, walk a draft through HR review, then pick the tier that fits. The first case is on us.

Drafts are starting points for HR review. Severance and release language route through employment counsel; protected-class framing and FMLA-adjacent context get a second reviewer before any employment action. The People's Approach lives in the workspace — see the methodology page for the end-to-end method.