{"id":"hr-referral-bonus-post","audience":"hr","category":"social-content","track":"marketing","technique":"format","title":"Announce a referral bonus with the steps to claim it","free":false,"task":"You're posting the updated employee referral program on the intranet. Write one opening sentence with the current bonus amount and the roles it covers, then exactly 3 numbered steps to refer someone, then one line on who isn't eligible, plain text, under 80 words. Use the updated amount and leave out the program's history.","materialLabel":"Referral program notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Employee referral program - Cedar Freight (updated)\n\nBonus: $1,000 for any hourly warehouse role.\n  UPDATE (Mar 1): raised to $1,500 for warehouse roles; $2,500 for maintenance technician roles (hard to fill).\n\nHow it works:\n- Submit your referral through the Careers page, \"Refer a friend\" button, before they apply.\n- The person you refer has to list your name on their application.\n- Bonus is paid after your referral completes 90 days.\n\nNot eligible: managers referring people into their own team, HR and recruiting staff.\n\nHistory (don't include): the program started in 2019 at $500; 2023 bump to $1,000 after the hiring crunch.\n\nNote from HR: tax treatment of the bonus varies; don't explain it, people can check with payroll.\nAudience: warehouse staff, read on phones in the break room.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for 'a referral post'","why":"The AI writes a hype-filled post with headings and every detail.","fix":"Be exact: \"One opening sentence, exactly 3 numbered steps, one eligibility line. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"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 instead: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the old amount","why":"$1,000 appears first, with the update below it.","fix":"Add: \"Use the Mar 1 amounts: $1,500 warehouse, $2,500 maintenance technicians.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Steps out of order","why":"The AI mixes eligibility and payout into the steps.","fix":"Add: \"Steps in order: submit, they list your name, paid after 90 days.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Adding history or tax talk","why":"The AI explains how the program grew, or guesses about taxes.","fix":"Add: \"End with who isn't eligible. No history, no tax details.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the updated amounts","patterns":["1,?500","2,?500","update","mar(ch)? 1"]},{"label":"Sets the number of steps","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}step"]},{"label":"Covers eligibility","patterns":["eligib","not eligible","who can"]},{"label":"Leaves out history","patterns":["history","2019","tax"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"People act on a referral post when the amount and steps are clear. Tell the AI the current amounts, the step order, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["The opening sentence itself (not a later line or list) gives $1,500 for warehouse roles and $2,500 for maintenance technician roles, and no old amount ($1,000 or $500) appears as current","The 3 numbered steps are, in order: refer through the Careers page 'Refer a friend' button before they apply; your referral lists your name on their application; the bonus is paid after they complete 90 days","Ends with one line saying managers referring into their own team and HR/recruiting staff aren't eligible, with nothing after it, and mentions no program history or tax details"]}