Rebalance the client service team before two contracts renew NOW
Avoid 6 unnecessary hires, redeploy under-used placed personnel across two client sites, and put one agent seat on the client service desk, with no change to service levels.
below the 80% the plan needs
71% used · 2 sites idle
1.9M cost of doing nothing
49% captured by this decision
green · dashed · refused
ARE WE PAYING FOR UNUSED CAPACITY?
client service 410K · placed personnel 230K · utilisation 71% vs 85% target · 2 sites with idle hours · 1 seat needed
Decision 01 →
Current plan (8 hires)
QAR 2.9M added cost · utilisation stays at 71%
Tonette recommendation (2 hires · 9 redeployed · 1 agent seat)
QAR 1.2M a year · utilisation to 84% · service level unchanged
Decision rehearsal
Change the goal. Watch the configuration move, and hear Tonette push back.
Recommended
This is the point Tonette recommends.
Net QAR 1.2M a year. Nine people redeployed, two hires instead of eight, one agent seat on the service desk. Every rule respected, no client contract touched.
NET VALUE A YEAR
SERVICE RISK
OTHER OPTIONS, BEST FIRST
| Redeploy first, one agent seat on the service desk | 1.2M · no contract touched | RECOMMENDED |
| Change the hiring route | 0.4M · 60 days faster | COMBINE |
| Freeze hiring | 0.5M net in 2021 | REJECTED |
| Across the board cut | 2.4M on paper | REJECTED · RULES |
Organisation
Structure is something Tonette can optimise, read against ten years of your own record.
team leads above the load norm · client desk at 2.1×
units with no clear owner · placed personnel on two sites
chief executive to desk · groups like yours: 4 · do not flatten
2.1M delivered ÷ 2.6M spent changing structure 2016–26
3 live · 1 proposed · 4.7 FTE-equivalent · 200K a year · never headcount
| UNIT | PEOPLE | PEOPLE COST | AGENT SEATS | AGENT FTE-EQ | AGENT COST | MIX · PEOPLE / AGENT | OWNER · REVIEW LOAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Client service desk | 12 | 2.9M | 1 proposed | 2.1 | 90K | 85% / 15% · decision 01 | Head of service · 1,100 h a year |
| Payroll and HR operations | 5 | 1.6M | 2 live | 1.7 | 70K | 67% / 33% · measured | HR manager · 420 h |
| Recruitment | 9 | 2.4M | 1 live | 0.9 | 40K | 91% / 9% · measured | Recruitment lead · 180 h |
| Finance | 4 | 1.3M | 0 | — | — | 100% / 0% · 40% eligible · 2027 plan | — |
| Business development | 6 | 2.2M | 0 | — | — | 100% / 0% · 35% eligible · 2027 plan | — |
| Placed personnel (clients) | 760 | 68.4M | 0 | — | — | 100% / 0% · planning only · by client and unit | Account managers |
| Whole organisation | 350 + 760 | 96.8M | 4 · 1 proposed | 4.7 | 200K | 99.6% / 0.4% · back office | Chief operating officer owns the agent record |
Compare · 31 similar services groups
Four things the comparison shows that your own data cannot.
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Learning
Every measured outcome changes what Tonette recommends next.
DID OUR PAST DECISIONS DELIVER?
of predicted value · 2026
FORECAST ACCURACY
12-month error
RULES
policy · learned · under review
COHORT UPDATES
pay movement · agent review share · retention
| ACTION | PREDICTED | DELIVERED | RESULT | WHAT TONETTE LEARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalance client service · Jun 2027 | 1.2M | — | measuring | Agent seat live, 9 redeployed, 2 hired |
| Redeploy across two sites · 2025 | 620K | 580K | 94% | Redeployment prior 1.0 → 0.95 |
| Payroll agent seats · 2025 | review 15% · errors 3/100 | review 11% · errors 2/100 | exceeded | Agent review share now a measured input |
| Retention bonus · 2024 | leavers 22 → 16% | 22 → 20% | weak | r-04: a bonus is not a retention action for a below-market role |
| Across the board cut · 2021 | 2.1M | 0.5M net | 24% | Cut rejected in every rehearsal since · rule r-02 strengthened |
Learning changes inputs and rules, never the arithmetic. The same data always gives the same answer.
Where money leaks
QAR 640K a year is leaving quietly. Here is where.
| WHERE | A YEAR | OWNER | NEXT DECISION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idle hours on two client sites | 230K | Account managers | Decision 01 | |
| Overtime on the service desk | 180K | Head of service | Decision 01 | |
| Vacancies filled late | 160K | Recruitment lead | Change the hiring route | |
| Agent seats held, not used | 70K | Chief operating officer | Release 1 seat | |
| Total | 640K | 49% captured by decision 01 |
Evidence and rules
Every figure carries its lineage.
| SOURCE | REFRESHED | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Timesheets, two client sites | 31 days ago | verified |
| Payroll, October | 6 days ago | verified |
| Client contracts and service levels | 12 days ago | verified |
| Agent log, service desk | 1 day ago | verified |
| Demand forecast, two renewals | 14 days ago | 1 assumption |
| Service level stays at 98% | pass |
| Notice period 60 days | pass |
| No change to client-facing roles without the account manager | pass |
| r-02 · across the board cuts deliver a quarter of the plan | applied |
| r-07 · redeployment holds when notice is over 45 days | applied |
| r-11 · agent review share, under review | review |
Execution
A recommendation becomes an action only after a person approves it.
| ACTION | OWNER | DUE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent seat live on the service desk | Chief operating officer | 1 Dec | done |
| Redeploy 9 placed staff across two sites | Head of service | 15 Dec | on track · 6 of 9 |
| Hire 2, client service | Recruitment lead | 20 Jan | late · 6 weeks |
| Measure the outcome | Tonette | Jun 2027 | scheduled |
Late actions are flagged to the owner and to the person who approved the decision.
3 year plan
People, placed personnel and agents, three years out, with cost and margin beside them.
| 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own staff | 350 | 352 | 358 | 364 |
| Placed personnel | 760 | 820 | 880 | 950 |
| Agent seats | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| People cost (QAR) | 96.8M | 103.1M | 109.6M | 117.2M |
| Margin | 11.8% | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.4% |
| Lesson carried | — | redeploy before hiring | agent seats before desk hires | — |
Early warning
Three signals are moving your cost this month.
utilisation 64% · contract renews in 23 days · margin 9%
Open decision 01 →
82% to 74% in eight weeks · 3 placed staff idle on Fridays
Open a decision →
pay 8% below market · no move in 3 years · 1.9M to replace
Open a decision →
Warnings are built from your own record and the comparison with similar groups. Each one names what changed, why it matters and the decision to open.
Data and connections
What Tonette needs, and what is connected today.
| INFORMATION | SYSTEM | REFRESH | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| People and their cost | HR system, payroll | monthly | connected |
| Placed personnel by client | Contracts, timesheets | weekly | connected |
| Structure and roles | HR system | monthly | connected |
| Volumes that drive revenue | Finance plan | quarterly | connected |
| Agent logs | 4 agents | daily | 3 of 4 · 1 missing |
The list is agreed in writing before anything is shared. Unconnected agents are flagged, never guessed.
AI and reskilling
QAR 9.6M of payroll sits in roles exposed to agents. Most of it can move, not go.
EXPOSED PAYROLL
4 roles · 31 people
CAN MOVE
to work that is growing
RESKILL VS REPLACE
cost of reskilling against replacing
PATHS OPEN
owner · date · result to measure
| ROLE | PEOPLE | EXPOSURE | GROWING WORK | PATH | COST VS REPLACE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service desk agents | 12 | high · 62% | Client follow-up and renewals | 6 reskilled · 0 replaced | 180K vs 520K | Decision 01 |
| Payroll administrators | 5 | high · 58% | Client reporting | 2 reskilled · 0 replaced | 60K vs 190K | measured |
| Recruitment coordinators | 9 | medium · 34% | Candidate relationships | 3 reskilled · 0 replaced | 90K vs 310K | 2027 plan |
| Finance assistants | 5 | medium · 29% | Client pricing | not yet | — | review |
Exposure comes from the work the agents already do in your own record, not from a general forecast.
| Cost | QAR 90K a year | agent log, Oct · payroll, Oct |
| Work | 2.1 FTE-equivalent | service desk log, 90 days |
| Hours released | about 2,000 a year | timesheets, 2 sites |
| Not known | effect on client satisfaction | no survey connected |
confidence 81% · every figure traced · nothing invented
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