Bandwidth for team leads

When home falls apart, work does too.

Name: Bandwidth by Threaded Care
Brand: Threaded Care
Price: 365 USD
Availability: InStock

A sick kid. A parent who needs care. A night with no sleep. You see it in standups. Bandwidth gives each person on your team a private place to sort it out, so they come back focused.

$365 a person a year. Put it on your card. No company rollout needed.

Every week you wait, someone on your team is carrying it alone.

Set up your team

Pay by card. 10 minutes. Full refund in 30 days. No sales call.

61%61% of employees identify as caregivers in some capacity. Mercer, Employers Brace for Caregiver Crisis (2023)
68%68% of people say they lack uninterrupted focus time at work. Microsoft, Work Trend Index: Will AI Fix Work? (2023)

The cost you don't see: people at work, but not really there.

That's presenteeism. Your people show up, but their mind is on a sick kid or a parent's care. It costs more than missed days, and it never shows on a timesheet.

About one-third

Caregiving cuts work output by about one-third for affected workers, mostly while they're on the job.

Employed unpaid caregivers of older adults; 2015 U.S. survey data. The one-third estimate applies to those reporting work impairment.

Value in Health, 2023

About $5,600

About $5,600 a year in lost output per working caregiver.

Annualized average across employed caregivers of older adults in the study, not a loss measured for every caregiver.

Value in Health, 2023

32% vs. 14%

Caregivers lose about 32% of output to presenteeism vs. 14% to absences.

Pooled estimates from 23 studies of informal caregivers of people with chronic conditions; results varied widely across studies.

Social Science & Medicine, 2024 meta-analysis

53%

53% of working parents miss work at least once a month because of their child's mental health.

Survey of 5,000+ working parents, 2021.

On Our Sleeves / Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Great Collide (2022 (2021 study))

7.7 hours

Parents spend about 7.7 hours a week managing their child's mental health.

Parents of a child with a mental health challenge.

Cigna / Evernorth Research Institute, For a Healthy Workforce, Curbing the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is Imperative (2024)

74%

74% of working parents took time off during the school year to handle their child's needs.

2022–23 school year. Includes IEP and school meetings.

RethinkFirst, Survey of Parents' Work Absences for Children's Mental Health or Academic Performance (2023)

Unplanned absence days a year

Fair or poor mental health12.0

Other workers2.5

Workers with fair or poor mental health report 12.0 unplanned absence days a year, compared with 2.5 for other workers. Nearly 5x; a mental-health comparison, not a caregiving-only result. Gallup, The Economic Cost of Poor Employee Mental Health (2022)

Gallup estimates the employer cost of one missed full-time workday at $340. Gallup, The Economic Cost of Poor Employee Mental Health (2022)

56%

56% of working caregivers of a parent or parent-in-law arrive late, leave early or take time off.

Working caregivers of parents or parents-in-law; NAC 2020, page 69. Not all caregivers.

NAC, Caregiving in the US 2020

48%

48% of parents report overwhelming stress most days.

2024 advisory, using 2023 survey data.

U.S. Surgeon General, Parents Under Pressure 2024

These studies cover different populations and years. Their figures are not added together and are not Bandwidth outcomes.

Every day your team waits, you pay this cost and can't see it.

Why team leads start here

You see the strain first. You don't need HR to say yes. You can fix it today.

Five people. $5 a day. About one saved day each pays for it.

People on your team

Start with one person. Add seats anytime.

Your cost

$1,825a year

$365 a person a year. Your people pay nothing.

Break-even: 1.07 saved workdays per employee family a year ($365 ÷ $340, Gallup).
Gallup, The Economic Cost of Poor Employee Mental Health (2022)

Break-even is an example, not a promised result.

Set up your team

Pay by card. 10 minutes. Full refund in 30 days. No sales call.

Private by design

You see seats used and topic trends, never who or what.

HIPAA-compliant. The family keeps the record.

When your company wants it too

Other teams can join anytime. Seats move to a company plan with no change for your people.

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Questions team leads ask

Do I need HR approval?

No. Pay by card like any team tool. Check your own expense policy.

Can I start with one person?

Yes. Add seats anytime.

Will I see what my team shares?

No. Only seats used and topic trends.

What if someone leaves?

You free the seat. Their family keeps the record.

How much does a caregiving benefit cost?

Bandwidth costs $365 a person a year. Each seat covers an employee family. Start with one person and add seats anytime.

Can a manager buy a benefit for their team?

Yes. Pay for Bandwidth by card from your team budget. Check your own expense policy.

Do employers see employee health data?

No. Only seats used and topic trends. Employee health data and family records stay private.

Are these figures Bandwidth results?

No. These are published research and survey findings, not Bandwidth results. Mercer, NAC, Microsoft, the U.S. Surgeon General, Gallup, On Our Sleeves / Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Cigna / Evernorth, RethinkFirst and the cited journals study different populations and years. Do not add their figures together. The 1.07-day break-even is an example, not promised savings.

Your team can't wait for a company rollout. You don't have to.

Set up your team

Pay by card. 10 minutes. Full refund in 30 days. No sales call.

Sources

These studies cover different populations and years. They are not added together and are not Bandwidth outcomes. Break-even examples are economic framing, not promised results.