{"id":"fpa-hiring-annualization-lines","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"verification","level":"intermediate","title":"Show how in-year hires create a bigger full-year cost next year","free":false,"task":"You're explaining annualization to the CFO. Write a prompt for plain text with lines starting \"FY26 months:\", \"FY26 cost:\", \"FY27 full year:\" and \"Annualization:\", each with the math. Every hire costs $10,000 per month. Count the start month as a full month, and ignore attrition and raises. Under 70 words. No bullets or numbering.","materialLabel":"Hiring list for FY26 (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"HIRES MADE OR PLANNED IN FY26 (calendar year) - cost $10,000 per month each, fully loaded\n\nHire 1 - Analyst, started Oct 1 (3 months in FY26)\nHire 2 - Engineer, started Aug 1 (5 months)\nHire 3 - Support lead, started Nov 1 (2 months)\nHire 4 - Designer, started Jul 1 (6 months)\n\nMonths shown are the months employed in FY26 counting the start month.\n\nNotes: HR expects one of the four to leave in 2027, but nothing has been announced; ignore attrition. A 3% raise cycle in April 2027 is not part of this view. 'Annualization' means the extra full-year FY27 cost compared with FY26.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four lines","patterns":["fy26 months","fy26 cost","fy27 full year","annualization"]},{"label":"Gives the monthly cost","patterns":["10,000"]},{"label":"Asks for arithmetic","patterns":["arithmetic","math"]},{"label":"Bans attrition and raises","patterns":["(do not|don'?t).*(attrition|raise)"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","plain"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Mentioning attrition","why":"The AI adds a caveat that one hire might leave.","fix":"Add: \"Do not mention attrition or raises.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Counting the hires as 12 months","why":"The AI uses 4 x 12 for FY26 as well.","fix":"Say: \"FY26 months: add each hire's months in FY26.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Annualization as FY27 total","why":"The AI reports $480,000 as the annualization.","fix":"Add: \"Annualization = FY27 full year minus FY26 cost.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Markdown extras","why":"The AI adds bold labels, headings and a closing note.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold. Output only the lines asked for.\"","checks":["plainText","maxBullets","r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each line short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Annualization is the difference between a full year and the partial year. Give the formula and ban side topics.","rubricLabels":["The line starting \"FY26 months:\" shows 3 + 5 + 2 + 6 = 16 and the line starting \"FY26 cost:\" shows 16 x $10,000 = $160,000","The line starting \"FY27 full year:\" shows 4 hires x 12 months x $10,000 = $480,000","The line starting \"Annualization:\" shows $480,000 - $160,000 = $320,000, and the output never mentions attrition or the 2027 raise"]}