The onboarding math#
Assumptions: 50 new hires per year, average time-to-productivity 90 days, fully loaded daily cost CHF 600.
- 90 days × CHF 600 = CHF 54,000 invested per FTE until productive
- 22% reduction = 20 days = CHF 12,000 saved per FTE
- 50 FTEs × CHF 12,000 = CHF 600,000 annually
Program cost for a production-ready onboarding podcast: typically under CHF 50,000 per year. Payback under six months.
Other levers#
- Change adoption: system rollouts without audio support take 30–40% longer
- Townhall compression: audio briefings replace 50% of live slots
- Retention: employees who hear leadership regularly leave less often
The point#
Audio is not a marketing expense. It's an operations lever with hard cash conversion.
Frequently asked questions
Why is onboarding the strongest lever?
Because onboarding directly affects personnel cost and revenue per FTE. Every day faster to productivity has measurable monetary value.
What other levers exist?
Reduced townhall hours, fewer internal all-hands meetings, faster change adoption on system rollouts, lower attrition in the first 12 months.
How do I defend this to the CFO?
Build a model, choose conservative assumptions, show a sensitivity analysis. Sprep customers typically reduce time-to-productivity by 15–30%.
See it in action