$10,000
published cost to replace one hospitality manager
Cornell Center for Hospitality Research
Hire the person, not the resume
You see skills, hours, and certifications before you book a time. Then you message the person who fits.
- $4.99 per seat each month.
- Unlimited job posts.
- Workers stay free.
Replacement costs more than recruiting
52%
of replacement cost is lost productivity, not recruiting
Cornell Center for Hospitality Research
72 days
until a new restaurant manager is net-positive
National Restaurant Association, 2026
What you do in the app
Post a role. Review MAJC Trading Cards. $4.99 per seat each month.
Post
Post a role. Filter who already fits
City, role, and the hours they listed. Unlimited job posts on the $4.99 seat rate.
9:41
Austin · Jobs
Sous Chef
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Card
Review the MAJC Trading Card
Photo, ServSafe, station skills, and the hours they listed are on one card.
9:41
Sous Chef
Marcus Reyes
9y · Sous Chef · Full-time
Line leadWood-fireMenu R&D
- ServSafe Manager
- Allergen Pro
Tue–Sat nights listed
Message
Pay per click, or pay per seat
Indeed CPC
- Cost
- Bid on clicks with no hire guarantee
- Who you see
- Keyword-matched PDFs
- Next step
- Wait for applications to pile up
MAJC Trading Card
- Cost
- $4.99 per seat each month
- Who you see
- Skills, hours, and certifications
- Next step
- Message the person who fits
Yearly replacement cost
Type headcount, mix, and turnover rate. Keep the number when you decide.
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Open the app and post the first role
Web opens app.majc.ai. On a phone it opens the store. Then you post.
Join MAJC- $4.99 per seat each month.
- Unlimited job posts.
- Workers stay free.
Yearly replacement cost
What replacing people is costing you this year. Cornell numbers, next to BLS and NRA.
01 · The house
Headcount below is per location. Three stores with the same crew is 3.
02 · Role mix, per location
Servers, bartenders, hosts, bussers.
Line cooks, dishwashers, prep. Same published Cornell mean. Cooks often take longer to reach pace.
Shift leads and floor supervisors. Cornell high-complexity figure.
GMs, kitchen managers, salaried leads. Cornell Chronicle manager figure.
03 · Annual turnover
%
Separations in the last 12 months divided by average headcount. 18 leavers in a 24-person store is 75 percent.
04 · Cost to replace one person
Hourly default is the Cornell 2006 lodging mean of $5,864. Supervisors and managers use $10,000. 2006 dollars, not a 2025 restaurant official. CPI-U can restate those figures in 2026 dollars. That is inflation, not a new study.
$10,000 is the Cornell high-complexity / Chronicle manager figure. Conservative on purpose. Type your own if you know it.
I know my own replacement cost