It's not the recruiting.
It's the knowledge.

60–70% of employee departure costs come from lost institutional knowledge, ramp-up inefficiency, and team disruption. Not hiring.

$54,754
Total Cost Per Departure
5 mo
Time to Full Productivity
on $85,000 salary
High
Knowledge Loss Risk
Direct Costs
$24,350 · 44% of total
Recruiting & Hiring$17,250
Training & Onboarding$7,100
Knowledge-Related Costs
$30,404 · 56% of total
Ramp-Up Productivity Loss$17,000
Supervisor & Team Drag$1,716
Team Disruption & Redistribution$5,312
Knowledge Gap Errors & Rework$6,375
56%
knowledge
related
Knowledge costs
Direct costs
This is where Meridian helps — capturing the 56% before it walks out the door.
Productivity Ramp-Up Timeline
~25%
~50%
~75%
100%
Month 0Month 5
The Gap
Formal training ends at ~2.5 months. Full proficiency takes 5+ months. That 2.5-month gap is self-directed knowledge hunting.
With Meridian
Pre-mapped knowledge graphs and departure risk scoring let you capture institutional knowledge before it's gone.
Scale to Your Company
Departures / Year
8
Total Annual Impact
$438,032
Knowledge Cost at Risk
$243,232
Sources: Gallup, SHRM, Panopto/YouGov Workplace Knowledge Report, Center for American Progress, Josh Bersin / Deloitte

From departure announcement to complete knowledge transfer

01

Connect

Integrate with Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub, and more. Meridian maps knowledge ownership from metadata — no invasive content scanning.

02

Assess

When a departure is announced, AI generates a comprehensive risk report — identifying critical knowledge, single points of failure, and recommended successors.

03

Capture

Guided workflows with templates and checklists make documentation easy. Track progress as it's made and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

04

Transfer

Match knowledge to the right successors. Structured handoff sessions and Q&A ensure complete knowledge transfer before the last day.

Everything you need for intelligent offboarding

Built for HR teams, people leaders, and companies that understand knowledge is their most valuable asset.

Knowledge Graph

Automatically maps expertise, document ownership, collaboration patterns, and team dependencies across your organization.

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AI Risk Assessment

Comprehensive departure reports that identify critical knowledge at risk, impact analysis, and prioritized action items.

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Capture Workflows

Pre-built templates and checklists guide departing employees through structured knowledge documentation.

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Successor Matching

ML identifies the best knowledge successors based on collaboration history, skill overlap, and team dynamics.

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Privacy-First Design

Metadata analysis by default. Employee opt-out rights. Enterprise-grade encryption. GDPR and SOC 2 Type II compliant.

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Analytics & Reporting

Track completion rates, knowledge concentration risk, and offboarding velocity across your organization.

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Simple, transparent pricing

Per-employee pricing that scales with your team.

Monitor

$5/emp/mo

Visibility into departure risk and knowledge concentration

  • Flight risk scoring
  • Knowledge mapping & identification
  • Offboarding checklists
  • Google Workspace & Slack

Min 10 seats

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Protect

$10/emp/mo

Full offboarding intelligence with guided knowledge transfer

  • Everything in Monitor
  • Early warning alerts
  • Knowledge transfer workflows
  • Succession planning
  • GitHub & HRIS integrations
  • SOC 2 Type II compliance

Min 25 seats · 14-day free trial

Enterprise

$16/emp/mo

Everything in Protect plus advanced capture and custom integrations

  • Everything in Protect
  • Predictive departure timeline
  • Video/audio capture sessions
  • Custom HRIS/SSO & API access
  • Dedicated CSM & custom SLAs

Min 100 seats

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