You have budgeted the comp & targets for the role. This tool models the payback timeframe to recoup your acquisition investment (such as agency fees, sign-on payments, relocation packages) and cover the new hire’s running costs, as well as deliver a profit on those. One hire modelled month by month across 36 months.
What is the New Hire ROI Report?
A month-by-month payback forecast for a new hire using your data, role scope, output targets, equity vesting plan, and operating context to compare expected, lower and higher returns across a 3-year period. It can assess a proposed hire, an existing hire, or the loss created by a bad hire.
The open access New Hire ROI Calculator gives you an illustrative estimate based on generalized assumptions. The report runs an extended model calibrated on your data.
Who is the New Hire ROI Report suitable for?
“We know what this person will cost, but we don’t know when their value will become realized.”
- A planned or historic hire’s economics need to be tested against ramp, attainment and gross margin projections in order to ensure it is feasible to retain this employee
- The cost of continuing with a weak hire is unclear
- You are unsure if you have set the right level of targets in order for the hire to deliver sufficient business value
When is the right time for this?
- When you are setting the target KPIs and performance expectations for a role you are planning to recruit
- When you need to be able to decide when it is best to dismiss or commit to a performance improvement plan
- When you want to evaluate how what you pay in comp and what you receive in output reconcile
Why try the New Hire ROI Report?
You know you need a person in a certain role. You know what their scope is. This report allows you to also gain visibility into what value they need to generate month on month, in order for the risk of hiring them to be justified. It can answer a number of questions
- Test when a specific hire can become profitable
- Identify the month and performance level at which the investment in a new employee pays back
- Compare the economics of continued weak performance with exit, vacancy and replacement
- Evaluate if changes are required for a proposed hire - whether in scope, comp, or targets
- Estimate the loss created by a failed hire. The model factors in the sunk spend on hiring, as well as the opportunity cost of underperformance, dismissal settlement costs, and replacement hiring & opportunity costs.
Who should not buy the New Hire ROI Report?
The report models the ROI on one role in one country over 36 months. If your question is a different one:
- The required work is to understand and optimise the cost of recruitment only. For this, we recommend the New Hire Acquisition Cost Report.
- Your question is about how to scope and design a new role for your team. For this, we recommend the Organisational Structure Design service, where we work with you to design a new team scope and structure, or the Competitive Talent Architecture Audit, where we deliver a competitive intelligence report on how your competitors scope this type of role & team.
What do you receive with the Talent Ascent New Hire ROI Report?
- Month-by-month cost vs contribution of a new hire
- Employee’s net monthly contribution and cumulative profit or loss
- Downside, expected and upside performance scenarios
- Break-even month and maximum cumulative cash exposure to the business
- Modelled below-threshold performance scenario
- Economic threshold for retention, exit or replacement analysis
- Recommendations on adjustments to optimise ROI on the role This can include recommendations such as changes on performance targets, comp structure, exit thresholds.
- A 45-minute delivery meeting
What information does Talent Ascent require to deliver the New Hire ROI Report for your vacancy?
We will ask for information such as
- Role, country, compensation and recruitment spend
- Role details - job description, KPIs, ramp, probation period, notice period
- Gross margin, capacity value or risk inputs relevant to the role
- Performance data where the report has been ordered to assess a historic hire
- Exit spend (e.g. settlement fees) where the report has been ordered to assess a historic hire, or where you have a standard exit settlement policy, and replacement and renewed-vacancy assumptions where relevant
- Advance questions you have and additional context you may wish to provide
What is the process for booking a New Hire ROI Report with Talent Ascent?
Pay by cardCard payments are taken via the secure Revolut Business payment link provided for this service at checkout. Opens the payment terms., submit your information through the Client Portal and schedule your delivery meeting.
How much does the Talent Ascent New Hire ROI Report cost?
- £1,500 for one hire
- Introductory price: £1,200 until 15 November 2026
Payment is made at checkout via our Revolut Business payment link. One report covers one role in one country. See payment terms.
How does the cost of the New Hire ROI Report compare to a standard agency fee spend?
The Talent Ascent New Hire ROI Report costs a fraction of the fee paid to fill the role it analyses. Because the fee is fixed and agency fees scale with salary, the gap widens as seniority rises.
| Base salary | Agency fee at 15% | Agency fee at 20% | Our report fee | Full fee as % of salary | Our fee as % of the agency fee | Agency spend ÷ our full fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £50,000 | £7,500 | £10,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 3.00% | 5.0–6.7× | |
| £60,000 | £9,000 | £12,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 2.50% | 6.0–8.0× | |
| £70,000 | £10,500 | £14,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 2.14% | 7.0–9.3× | |
| £80,000 | £12,000 | £16,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 1.88% | 8.0–10.7× | |
| £90,000 | £13,500 | £18,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 1.67% | 9.0–12.0× | |
| £100,000 | £15,000 | £20,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 1.50% | 10.0–13.3× | |
| £120,000 | £18,000 | £24,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 1.25% | 12.0–16.0× | |
| £150,000 | £22,500 | £30,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 1.00% | 15.0–20.0× | |
| £200,000 | £30,000 | £40,000 | £1,200 intro / £1,500 full | 0.75% | 20.0–26.7× |
What are the alternatives to the Talent Ascent New Hire ROI Report?
| Route | What you get | Typical cost | When it’s the better choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| An internal estimate in a well-known market | Salary versus expected output on one line; ramp, downside and exit thresholds stay unmodelled | Internal time | The role’s value is directly measurable and the decision is low-stakes |
| Wait for the annual review cycle | A retrospective judgement after 12 months | No cash cost - but up to a year of unmeasured downside | The hire is clearly performing and no decision is pending |
| In-house people-analytics expertise | Broad financial modelling capacity across many questions; it will take longer if done internally, and it splits your team’s focus if this isn’t their core work | Permanent salary for a people-analytics expert | You need ongoing modelling capability at scale |
| New Hire ROI Calculator | A 36-month payback illustration. Works based on generalized assumptions and has limited personalization functionality. | Free open access use | You are looking for general information but do not require precision tailored to your bespoke operating reality |
| New Hire ROI Report | A 36-month month-by-month model: break-even, cash exposure, downside and exit thresholds for one hire | £1,500 · intro £1,200 | A specific hire decision - approve, retain, or exit - needs a quantified answer now |
FAQ
Does the New Hire ROI Report include vacancy acquisition cost?
Yes. The New Hire ROI Report does include vacancy acquisition costs. However, it does not offer hiring process optimisation recommendations. The New Hire ROI Report focuses on improving role ROI and performance-related decisions.
Can the New Hire ROI Report assess a non-revenue role?
Yes, the New Hire ROI Report can assess non-revenue roles where the role enables revenue generation, releases measurable capacity or reduces loss exposure. We model this based on the role scope and defined performance targets and outputs you have set. The report states the mechanism and assumptions used.
Can the New Hire ROI Report tell us when to exit a weak hire?
The New Hire ROI Report shows the financial thresholds: the cost of continued below-threshold performance compared with exit, vacancy and replacement. The client owns the employment decision.
What are Revolut Business payment links?
Talent Ascent uses Revolut Business Banking, and you can make payments to Talent Ascent via the secure Revolut Business payment link provided for this service at checkout.
What is the Talent Ascent Client Portal?
Talent Ascent provides customers with access to a private client portal, hosted by Clinked. We collect relevant information and upload finalised reports via the Client Portal, which is accessible only to your business.
How does the New Hire ROI Report avoid overstating a hire’s return?
It only counts contribution that can be attributed to the role, and it shows what that contribution depends on. Crediting three roles with the same revenue, or treating every hour of freed-up capacity as profit, would flatter the case, so the model doesn’t.
Have additional questions?
Contact us, or reach out to us via WhatsApp directly, and we will be happy to help.