{"id":"fpa-loaded-cost-new-hire-lines","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"constraints","level":"beginner","title":"Compute a new hire's loaded cost for the part of the year","free":false,"task":"You're costing a planned hire for the FY26 forecast. Write a prompt for exactly four plain-text lines starting \"Loaded annual:\", \"4-month cost:\", \"One-time:\" and \"Total FY26:\", each with the math. Loaded cost is salary plus benefits and employer payroll tax at the rates in the notes. Leave out the recruiter fee because it is budgeted elsewhere. Under 70 words. No bullets or numbering.","materialLabel":"Hire details and rates (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"HIRE COST INPUTS - Senior Data Analyst (req DA-14), FY26 forecast, Birchwood Retail\n\nBase salary: $120,000 per year\nStart date: Sep 1, 2026 (cost runs Sep through Dec, 4 months)\nBenefits load: 22% of salary\nEmployer payroll tax: 7.65% of salary\nLaptop and setup, one time: $2,500 (paid in September)\nRecruiter fee: 20% of salary, budgeted in the Talent department's line, not the hiring manager's\n\nNotes: a 3% merit increase happens each April, so it does not affect the 2026 months. The hiring manager asks whether the forecast should include a signing bonus; none has been offered and none is in the offer letter.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"maxBullets","max":0}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four lines","patterns":["loaded annual","4-month","one-time","total fy26"]},{"label":"Gives the rates","patterns":["22%","7\\.65%"]},{"label":"Gives the proration","patterns":["4 / 12","4 months"]},{"label":"Leaves out recruiter fee","patterns":["(leave out|exclude).*recruiter"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","plain"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using salary only","why":"The AI forecasts 4/12 of $120,000 and skips benefits and tax.","fix":"Say: \"Loaded = salary + 22% benefits + 7.65% payroll tax.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Adding the recruiter fee","why":"The AI adds 20% of salary because it's mentioned.","fix":"Add: \"Leave out the recruiter fee and any bonus.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Full-year cost","why":"The AI shows the full-year loaded cost as the FY26 total.","fix":"Add: \"4-month cost = loaded annual x 4 / 12.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"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"]},{"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":"A hire's cost is more than salary and only part of the year. Give the rates, the proration and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Loaded annual line shows $120,000 + $26,400 + $9,180 = $155,580","4-month cost line shows $155,580 x 4 / 12 = $51,860 and One-time line shows $2,500","Total FY26 line shows $51,860 + $2,500 = $54,360 and the recruiter fee and any signing bonus are left out"]}