I Built a Meeting Cost Calculator - Here's What I Learned About Wasted Time

The Problem Last month, our team had a 2-hour "quick sync" with 8 people. I did the math: 8 people × 2 hours × $75/hr average = $1,200 for one meeting. That meeting could have been a Slack message. The Solution I built Meeting Cost Calculator - a simple tool that calculates the real cost of meetings based on participants and their hourly rates. Core Features Add participants with hourly rates See real-time cost as the meeting progresses Export reports for management The Code Here's the basic calculation logic: const calculateMeetingCost = ( participants , durationMinutes ) => { const hours = durationMinutes / 60 ; return participants . reduce (( total , person ) => { return total + ( person . hourlyRate * hours ); }, 0 ); }; // Example: 3 people, 1 hour const cost = calculateMeetingCost ([ { name : ' Dev ' , hourlyRate : 75 }, { name : ' Designer ' , hourlyRate : 65 }, { name : ' PM ' , hourlyRate : 85 } ], 60 ); console . log ( `Meeting cost: $ ${ cost } ` ); // $225 Shocking Stats Af