Potential Legal Costs

Situation:

An employee doesn't receive clear expectations and consistent feedback from management. The employee becomes disenfranchised and files a discrimination complaint after 18 months.

Estimated Cost Impact:

$67,000-$94,000 in lost productivity, external legal assistance (1-12 weeks), and internal management and administrative costs assuming employee salary is $50,000. Estimate assumes successful defense; no legal settlement included. Estimate excludes impact on culture/environment.

How the EmCentrix System Can Help:

We provide tools and processes for creating job descriptions, focus, training, evaluating performance, and providing feedback. EmCentrix tools support the proactive evaluation of management. It helps managers become more skilled at setting expectations and giving feedback.

Productivity Costs

Situation:

An employee searches for an answer to a question that has been asked and answered multiple times but never documented.

Estimated Cost Impact:

$8,300 assuming a $33,000 a year employee who spends 10 hours per week finding and communicating answers. Estimate excludes costs of inconsistent answers creating business, employee or other legal problems for the company.

How the EmCentrix System Can Help:

With employee self-service and knowledge database, processes can be implemented that document and communicate practices, policies, and answers. Our tools help evaluate and adjust processes and communications proactively, and help managers become better and more consistent communicators.

Turnover Costs

Situation:

A valued employee is giving notice because He or She didn't understand his/her role in, and importance to, the organization.

Estimated Cost Impact:

$35,000 in lost productivity, administrative costs and direct advertising costs assuming a $60,000 salaried position open for three months. Estimate excludes costs of search firm ($10,000 - $18,000 more) and direct training expenses for new employee.

How the EmCentrix System Can Help:

We provide tools including Job Analysis, Job Descriptions and Performance Management for creating focus and role clarity as well as providing feedback. EmCentrix has tools to facilitate proactive identification of employee and management issues and helps managers improve people management skills.