RIF & M&A · Org Design
What does a reorg really cost before you even decide?
A restructure, RIF, or M&A integration burns leadership time synthesizing data — and the wrong cuts destroy value you can't get back. Model both. The math is shown and anchored to McKinsey and Gallup research.
Your scenario
Event type
M&A integration is the most data- and time-intensive; RIF carries higher get-it-wrong risk.
Employees in scope800
Headcount affected by the restructure.
Leaders doing the structuring12
Execs, HRBPs & managers synthesizing org data, modeling scenarios, and aligning.
Avg fully-loaded leader salary
Weeks the planning drags on8
From kickoff to finalized structure. Manual data-wrangling stretches this.
Cost of Org Design
$99,692
leadership time to plan & synthesize the org design, per event
Leader hours consumed1,152
That's this many full-time roles0.6
Value at risk if you get it wrong$6,400,000
Transparent math: hours = leaders × weeks × 12 hrs/week × event-type weight (Re-org 1.0 · RIF 1.3 · M&A 1.8); hourly cost = salary ÷ 2,080; value at risk anchored to McKinsey's finding that 30–50% of M&A value is lost to slow or ineffective integration, scaled to a conservative slice of in-scope payroll. Figures are estimates for illustration — your actual costs will vary.
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