{"id":"fpa-hiring-delay-net-savings-two-views-memo","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"constraints","level":"advanced","title":"Estimate net savings from delaying three hires, two views","free":false,"task":"You're drafting a memo for the CFO on delaying three engineering hires by three months. Write a prompt for plain text with headings on their own lines, in this order: Savings, Offsets, Net, Open question. Show the math. Offsets shows contractor cost under both hours estimates in the material; do not pick one. Net shows both nets. Open question asks who should confirm the hours. Do not quantify lost output. Under 140 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"HIRING DELAY ANALYSIS - three engineers\n\nEach engineer's fully loaded cost: $150,000 per year ($12,500 per month).\nProposal: delay all three start dates by 3 months (from Jan 1 to Apr 1).\n\nContractor cover if delayed: $100 per hour, 3 months.\nHours estimates for contractor cover differ:\n- Engineering lead: 320 hours per month for the team\n- Product manager: 160 hours per month for the team\n\nNotes: recruiting fees are the same either way. The CFO has said she wants both views because Engineering and Product have not agreed on the workload. Lost or delayed product output is real but has not been valued, and the memo should not guess a dollar value. The delay would move cost out of Q1 into Q2 for these roles only; no other costs change. The finance team assumes the engineers would start on the first of the month and are paid for whole months.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":140}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four headings","patterns":["savings","offsets","net","open question"]},{"label":"Asks for both views","patterns":["both","engineering","product"]},{"label":"Bans picking","patterns":["do not pick","don'?t pick"]},{"label":"Bans valuing output","patterns":["lost output","do not quantify"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Picking one hours estimate","why":"The AI averages the views or chooses the lead's.","fix":"Add: \"Show both and do not pick one.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Annual cost instead of three months","why":"The AI uses $450,000.","fix":"Add: \"Savings = 3 engineers x monthly cost x 3 months.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Valuing lost output","why":"The AI invents a dollar value for delay.","fix":"Add: \"Do not quantify lost output.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Missing headings","why":"The AI writes an essay.","fix":"Add: \"Four plain headings in this order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"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"]},{"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 part short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Two owners, two estimates. Ask for both nets side by side and a question about who confirms the hours.","rubricLabels":["Savings shows 3 engineers x $12,500 x 3 months = $112,500","Offsets shows 320 x $100 x 3 = $96,000 (Engineering view) and 160 x $100 x 3 = $48,000 (Product view), and does not pick one","Net shows $112,500 - $96,000 = $16,500 and $112,500 - $48,000 = $64,500, and Open question asks who should confirm the hours, with no dollar value for lost output"]}