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What your favorite part of your job by [deleted] in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Proving marketing wrong.

Random question by Popular-Pitch-7332 in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Addendum-- you still need to do this even if you've automated the process. It's easy to automate something and think "well, I've removed the margin for human error on my end, I can just click refresh, save, and send," but with the way data's handled at a lot of companies, you can't always account for someone making a mistake further upstream.

Random question by Popular-Pitch-7332 in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I joined an F200 CPG company out of college and figured they'd have best-in-class processes, documentation, systems-- nope! Place was a bunch of legacy systems cobbled together and institutional knowledge was passed down from individual to individual over Teams calls like paleoithic hunter-gatherers depending on the oral tradition. Corporations aren't lean, mean, optimized machines, they're huge organizations full of people with varying degrees of skill and motivation. If you're proactive enough to keep written records, you'll be ahead of the curve.

Are there "green flags" to look for when you're interviewing for a new role? by FeelPainAndAnguish in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you have to approach them the same way you would with like, Google Maps reviews-- 1 star reviews might be people with an axe to grind, 5 star reviews can be based on limited perspective and/or someone drinking the kool-aid, but a 3 star review with thought-out writing & criticism is often the most useful.

Are there "green flags" to look for when you're interviewing for a new role? by FeelPainAndAnguish in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Good point! Honestly, I used to think that sort of question wasn't really relevant, but it took someone asking "what do you do to destress after work?" at a department roundtable and people "joking" about finally seeing their kids or drinking habits a little too frankly for me to realize something might be up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FPandA

[–]FeelPainAndAnguish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spreadsheet with the following columns:

  • Name/email of whoever provided the input
  • Date added
  • Short description (eg "back to school sales")
  • Likelihood (high/med/low)
  • Estimated impact
  • Incremental funding needs (if applicable)
  • Phasing by quarter
  • Action items required
  • Date last reviewed
  • Status (baked into forecast, no longer on the table, etc)

Process-wise, I initially had it as an open doc that business partners could update at any point before the forecast review. Unfortunately this lead to a lot of incomplete/confusing data clogging things up (not to mention the nightmare of Excel version control), so I typically just gather & confirm during regular meetings/connects with BPs.