Mechanism: attrition + do not backfill. No layoffs. Savings begin immediately as positions go unfilled. Target range is 20–22 depending on non-discretionary shrinkage trend. 20 is the operational floor — each callout at that level = 5% of team offline.
Sunday contacts (~143/day) should route to async chat/email. Communicate change to customers 30 days prior.
Watch: non-discretionary shrinkage rate — expect small uptick as team gets leaner.
Annual savings — select scenario
Scenario
Full CS department cost stack — fully-loaded annualized payroll
Shrinkage summary
Discretionary (6.88%)
Training · Meetings · Coaching · 1:1s Planned · schedulable · fully in model
Non-discretionary (12.15%)
Breaks · Sick/callouts · PTO · Tardiness Partially unplanned · rises as HC decreases
Planning rate (21.5%)
Actual 19.03% + 2.47% buffer Well below industry avg of 25–35%
Cost view
Revenue vs. labor cost — by day of week
Stacked bars = phone + digital avg daily revenue · dashed line = daily labor cost threshold
Net contribution per operating hour (CDT)
Day
Revenue minus labor cost per hour · green = positive · red = negative
Monthly trend — revenue by day of week
Apr / May / Jun grand total revenue per day · phone + digital combined