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Found out I was running payroll all wrong for 5 years
So I'm a accountant at a small firm of like 10 people, and for years I'd manually calculate overtime pay every month using a spreadsheet I built myself. It worked okay but I always felt like I was fighting with formulas and double-checking numbers constantly. Last month a new hire came in from a bigger company and she showed me that our payroll software actually has a built-in overtime calculator that I never knew about. I'd been ignoring that tab for half a decade because the interface looked confusing. Turns out it spits out the numbers in like 2 minutes with zero errors, and now I feel kinda stupid but also relieved. Saved me at least 3 hours every payroll cycle. Has anyone else found a feature in software they already owned that blew their mind?
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kim_west16d ago
Oh wow, that's a rough one! I bet you felt pretty silly at first but honestly that software interface thing happens to everyone. I've been using QuickBooks for years and just discovered a report filter that does exactly what I used to manually sort for. It's like these companies hide the good stuff behind confusing buttons on purpose. So what did your new hire think when you finally figured it out?
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grace_white16d agoTop Commenter
Wait, isn't hiding useful stuff like that just bad design though?
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