For Revenue Leaders

Can your team actually hit your 2026 number?

Every month a sales role stays open is a month your new hire is not ramping. This tool shows you exactly what that costs against your year-end target — and whether you have enough people to hit your number at all.

£1,458
Lost per working day
£29k
Revenue at risk per month of delay
£87k
Pipeline needed to cover one delay
weeks
£
%
Revenue Already Missed
Working Days Lost
At 5 working days per week
Pipeline Gap Created
At 3x coverage to recover
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Choosing a role fills in sensible starting numbers. You can change any of them.
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The full year revenue target for this role. For a Sales Manager, use the team quota they will own.
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What percentage of quota do you realistically expect in year one? Most AEs hit 65 to 75 percent. Use your honest number.
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How many months until this hire is fully productive. We spread ramp evenly across these months.
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Select your currency. All outputs update automatically.
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The month this hire would start if you moved today. The grid below shows what you lose for each month of delay.
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Used to calculate the daily revenue figure. 20 days is a standard working month.
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How many delay scenarios to show side by side. Four to five months is usually enough.
Show Pipeline Risk (3x) Extra pipeline needed to compensate for delay
Revenue Brought Forward — Hire Now vs Next Month
Enter your details above
Real Monthly Value of This Hire
At your attainment percentage
Revenue at Risk Per Working Day
Every day the role sits open

Each column is a different start month. Each row is a calendar month. Watch the ramp shift right as hiring is delayed — and see the gap it creates against your 2026 target at the bottom.

What is this?

A revenue calculator for open GTM roles

Enter your quota, attainment, and ramp period. The tool shows what each month of delay costs against your 2026 target, broken down as the hire ramps up month by month.

Why does it matter?

An open role is not neutral. It has a cost.

Every week a sales seat sits empty your team falls behind. The cost is the ramp that starts later, the pipeline your other reps have to cover, and a year-end number that gets harder to reach. It also raises a harder question — do you have enough people to hit your target at all?

What will you do differently?

You will have a number, not a feeling

Use it to move faster on an open role, make the case for external support, or sense check whether your current headcount is enough to hit your year-end target. The number is yours — based on your inputs, not our assumptions.

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Your real quota value

We do not assume 100% attainment. You tell us what a realistic first year looks like. A 500k quota at 70% attainment is worth 350k in practice. That is the number we use.

2

How ramp actually works

New hires do not hit full quota on day one. We spread ramp evenly. A 4-month ramp means month one delivers 25%, month two 50%, and so on until fully productive.

3

The 2026 deadline

The later you hire, the fewer months remain. A hire in March has 10 months ahead. The same hire in June has 7. That gap is what this tool makes visible.

The calculation in plain English
Step 1. Annual quota divided by 12, multiplied by your attainment percentage. That is the real monthly value.
Step 2. For each month from the hire date to December 2026, apply the ramp percentage for that month.
Step 3. Add those monthly contributions. That is the total revenue before year end.
Step 4. Compare start dates. The difference is the revenue you bring forward by moving faster.
Annual Quota£500,000
Year-One Attainment70%
Ramp Period4 months
Working Days per Month20
Real monthly value£29,167
Revenue per working day£1,458
March 2026 total£218,750
June 2026 total£131,250
Revenue brought forward£87,500
Pipeline risk (3x)£262,500
Hiring in March rather than June brings forward £87,500 against the 2026 target. Same candidate, same ramp, same performance. The only thing that changes is when they start. March gives 6 full productive months after ramp. June gives 3. That three-month gap is where the difference comes from.
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CROs and VPs of Sales

You think in revenue, pipeline, and time. This tool speaks your language. It puts a number on what a delayed hire costs against your annual target and shows the pipeline pressure it creates.

Use it to make the case internally for moving faster, or to understand the true cost of a vacancy that has been open for several weeks.

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Talent Leads and HR Business Partners

Getting investment approved for a hire is easier when you can show the commercial cost of delay in numbers a revenue leader already thinks in. You are not asking for budget. You are showing what the business loses every month the role stays open.

  • Use it in hiring reviews to show the cost of a slow process
  • Share it with the hiring manager to create urgency around approvals
  • Use it to justify bringing in external support when capacity is stretched

We kept this conservative on purpose

The number you see is a floor, not a ceiling. It only counts the revenue this hire would bring between their start date and December 2026. It does not include any of the following.

  • The cost of a bad hire. Wrong person, early exit, and starting the process again.
  • The time your sales leaders spend screening and interviewing. Every hour reviewing CVs is an hour not spent closing.
  • Deals that go unworked while the seat is empty. Existing team members cover the gap, and some opportunities fall through.
  • The full pipeline pressure on your team beyond the direct revenue gap.

We also assume the same candidate quality regardless of how quickly you hire. The only variable we are changing is when the right person starts.