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06 · Cost of a bad hire

What's the real cost of unstructured hiring?

Indian benchmarks put the cost of a failed hire at 1.5× annual CTC — salary, notice period, rehire, opportunity cost, and ramp-up. Adjust the sliders to model your own exposure.

Avg. annual CTC (₹ lakhs)₹25L
Hires per year6
Observed fail rate (%)35%
YOUR EXPOSURE
₹75L

estimated annual loss from 2 failed hires out of 6.

WITH WORKIQ · 60% RECOVERY
₹45LRECOVERED / YEAR
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Illustrative model. Recovery based on WorkIQ's average reduction in fail rate (35% → 8%) across 240 mandates, FY25.