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What is busywork costing you?

Add up the small repetitive emails and texts you handle every day. We will show you what it really costs — in your time and your money. Calculated at minimum wage. The real number is higher.

Your daily volume

Just the small stuff. The "what time are you open?" emails. The "did you get my message?" texts. The repeats.

Includes ones you read and ones you respond to
Customers, vendors, scheduling back-and-forth
3 minutesper email or text (read + respond)
$15 / hourMassachusetts minimum wage
260 work daysper year (5 days × 52 weeks)

Calculated at minimum wage on purpose. Your time is worth more. The real cost is bigger than what you see.

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What you lose every year
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That is 0 hours of your year — about 0 full work weeks — spent on busywork.
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