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Can we afford 3 new Staff Engineers?
Are we under-hiring for planned pipeline?
What’s driving our variance this quarter?
Who approved this role — and when?
What's this SMB hire? We're shifting to enterprise!
How do we track this new CX initiative without messing up org structure?
What’s changed in our headcount plan since last board meeting?
How much will it save us if we push this hire back six months?
Are these April 17 hires new or backfills?
Can we shift budget from eng to data science without blowing up the plan?
How much quota-carrying capacity will we have in Q3?
How long do we need to pause hiring to get back to budget?
Which one is higher priority between these two roles again?
Who’s actually starting next month?
At a 1,000-person company…
saved via smart tradeoffs & pressure-testing backfills.
mistakes avoided before they became fire drills
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📅 Scenario sandbox to evaluate tradeoffs and track changes
Play out budget tradeoffs in real-time — not during the board meeting. Model position and employee changes to see impact, streamline approvals, and bulk update your HRIS / ATS with ease.
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Everyone sees just what they need, when they need it... all grounded in the same underlying, real-time data.
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Match positions, people, and reqs to catch headcount errors or unnecessary backfills… before a budget overrun.
📊 Approvals for a faster yes (or no)
Empower every stakeholder to submit reqs quickly. Finance can quickly review roles along with run-rate and FY impact.
Pending Approval
Close
POS-11785
Engineer L4 – “no longer need backfill for Jill Doe”
May 09, 2025
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-$135,000
Open
POS-1984
Design Manager – requested by James Elk
Aug 02, 2025
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+$175,000
Position Changes
Location Change
POS-1234
Enterprise AE • Jackson Sambar
Apr 01, 2025
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New York -> Chicago
Closed
POS-3456
Sr. Designer • Empty
May 09, 2025
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-$135,000
Opened
POS-5678
Product Marketing Manager • Jeffrey Iguana
Jun 02, 2025
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+$150,000
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