How many associates do you need to accept VET in order to staff a shift if you need 85 people and currently rostered 97 with an average attendance of 82%?

To determine how many associates you need to accept voluntary extra time (VET) in order to ensure that you have enough staff for a shift, you start with the total number of associates currently rostered and their average attendance rate.

You have 97 associates scheduled to work, with an average attendance of 82%. To calculate the expected number of associates that will actually show up for the shift, you can multiply the total number of associates by the attendance rate:

97 associates × 82% = 79.54, which rounds to approximately 80 associates expected to show up.

Since you need 85 people for the shift, you'll need to find out how many additional associates are necessary to meet this requirement. You can do this by subtracting the expected attendance from the number of associates needed:

85 needed - 80 expected = 5 additional associates required.

To calculate how many associates need to accept VET, a common assumption is that a certain percentage of the total number of associates who accept VET will actually show up. If you assume that an equal percentage of those who accept VET will come in, you would look for a number that, when added to 80, meets the requirement of 85.

Assuming that the average acceptance