Millions in sales commissions still calculated with sticky notes and a "DO NOT SORT" spreadsheet
martyamark · x · 2026-11-12
"TIL that millions of dollars in sales commissions are calculated with sticky notes and spreadsheets." The attached photo shows a commissions Excel named "FY26 COMMISSIONS - FINAL v3 (USE THIS ONE)", flagged "DO NOT SORT", with hundreds of reps' quotas, attainment percentages, multipliers and adjustment columns — plus a handwritten sticky note reading "Send to Payroll Thursday!" A vivid look at how core business processes still run on fragile manual spreadsheets.
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