{"id":"dat-hr-pay-band-fte-check","audience":"hr","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Check salaries against a pay band using full-time equivalents","free":false,"task":"You're checking Analyst II salaries against the pay band of $60,000-$75,000, which applies to full-time equivalent (FTE) pay. Convert part-time salaries to FTE by dividing by the FTE. Write exactly 5 numbered lines, one per employee, each showing the salary (and FTE math if part-time) and IN, BELOW or ABOVE, then one unnumbered last line: Review: [names]. Plain text, under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Salary export (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ANALYST II - salary export (Oct 31)\n\nEmployee | Annual salary | FTE\nR. Lopez | $58,000 | 1.0\nS. Byrne | $62,500 | 1.0\nK. Osei | $56,000 | 0.8\nD. Grant | $77,000 | 1.0\nM. Feld | $70,000 | 1.0\n\nNotes:\n- K. Osei moved to 4 days a week (0.8) in June at her request.\n- D. Grant was hired during the 2022 market spike.\n- R. Lopez was promoted from Analyst I in September; raise is pending until January.\n- Comp review meeting is Nov 19.\n- Band refresh for 2026 is not approved yet; use the current band.\n- Export is confidential; share only with the comp committee.\n- Shared with the team in the usual folder.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not mentioning FTE","why":"The AI flags Osei as below band from her part-time salary.","fix":"Add: \"The band applies to FTE pay. Divide part-time salaries by FTE.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Not giving the band","why":"The AI can't mark IN, BELOW or ABOVE.","fix":"Add: \"Band: $60,000-$75,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"The comp committee will want the FTE math.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"3. K. Osei: $56,000 ÷ 0.8 = $70,000 IN\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a comp committee note.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Mentions FTE","patterns":["fte","full.?time equivalent","part.?time"]},{"label":"Gives the band","patterns":["60,?000","75,?000","band"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"Part-time pay looks low next to a full-time band. Tell the AI how to compare it, and give it the band.","rubricLabels":["K. Osei is converted to FTE: $56,000 ÷ 0.8 = $70,000, IN the band","R. Lopez ($58,000) is BELOW and D. Grant ($77,000) is ABOVE; Byrne and Feld are IN","The last line names only Lopez and Grant for review, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}