[timcederman]

I saw your comment and wondered "how expensive could it really be?" - the pricing is just too much. I ran it by our IT team (we're a prime candidate for using a product like this) and they shot it down immediately on price. 15 rooms for $3k/year?

[zachdunn]

Couple perspectives you might find interesting (I say this having to learn the lay of the land over the past year myself):

Most offices are designed with 1 conference room per 10-20 employees. If you have 15 conference rooms you probably have well over 100 employees and many millions in payroll. Those people presumably have many meetings, and the cost of not being able to get their job done is measurable.

Conference rooms can be between 200-300 sq feet, so if you have a 15 of them you're looking at several thousand sq ft on your lease. Depending on where you are in the world, that's probably around $10K/month or so in real estate.

The effective rate is about $17/month/room, which in most cases is tiny compared to the cost of mismanaging office space and productive time above.

[timcederman]

1 conference room per 20 employees? Really? That ratio is much higher than I've seen at any of the companies I've worked at. 10 seems nearer to the mark.

We have 300 employees in this particular location. We bought an alternative solution for $12k with a licence for up to 75 rooms, for a one-time fee.

[pbreit]

If you have over 5 conference rooms, you can afford $3k/year.

[timcederman]

Can isn't the same as should.

[agurkas]

Maybe you need to look for a new job. If your IT doesn't have that in their budget, time to run!