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First Employee Cost Simulator

Net per year after the hire — revenue at full output minus salary with on-costs, tools, and the hours of your week spent managing them — with the ramp and the set-up as the cash it takes to get there.

$17one-time · VAT included · no subscription

Standard$17 You, your household or your own business — 1 person Team$39 Up to 10 people in one company or organisation · shared drive allowed · invoice to your company

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✓Excel 2016+ / Microsoft 365 · Google Sheets (upload to Drive)

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What the file tells you

The first hire is the biggest fixed cost you will ever add, and the ad goes up before the maths is done. Run every version — junior, senior, admin, sales, part-time — through the same sheet: full cost with on-costs and your time, revenue at full output, the ramp, and the month it pays for itself.

01 · verdictContribution — net per month at full output, return on cost

02 · verdictBreak-even — the month cumulative cash turns positive vs the months you will give it

03 · verdictCash — what the ramp costs before it pays, against what you have

Sheets in the workbook

✓Analyzer · pick a version: net per year, three verdicts, three tasks

✓Scenarios · salary, billable rate and share, revenue added, ramp, your management hours — one line each

✓Projection · the picked hire month by month for two years

✓Settings · on-costs, set-up, hours, your hourly value, cash, patience

How it works

1Set the basics — on-costs, set-up cost, hours, what your hour is worth, cash, how many months you will give it — once

2Add versions as lines — six ship with the file: junior, mid, senior, admin, sales, part-time

3Pick a version on Analyzer — net per year, HIRE / MARGINAL / NOT YET, break-even month, month by month

Who it is for

Solo operators about to hire their first person and wondering whether the business can carry it.

Dark edition included

First Employee Cost Simulator — dark edition

Do I need Excel?

Excel 2016+ or Microsoft 365. Or upload the .xlsx to Google Drive — it opens in Sheets with formulas and charts intact.

Can I pay with BLIK?

Yes — BLIK, Przelewy24, any card, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Prices in PLN, EUR or USD; the currency switch is at the top.

Invoice for my company?

Tick “I’m purchasing as a business” at checkout and enter your NIP / VAT ID. The invoice arrives with the download e-mail.

What if it isn’t for me?

14-day refund, no questions. One e-mail to [email protected].

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