The document discusses the drawbacks of using spreadsheets for HR purposes. It notes that spreadsheets can waste time as important employee information like certification expiration dates may not be easily found. Spreadsheets are also inaccurate and insecure, posing risks to sensitive employee data. The document promotes using HR software instead, which allows storing all employee data in a single, secure database and simplifies tasks compared to disorganized spreadsheets.

2. It’s like magic the way a sock
can disappear—then reappear
anywhere.

3. You find stinky, balled-up socks
tucked into bags or stuffed between
couch cushions. They’re scattered
everywhere, kind of like HR
spreadsheets.

4. But we know it’s not your fault.

5. You probably inherited HR
spreadsheets or used them as a
coping mechanism.

6. And kept feeding them data no
matter how bad they were …

7. 1980
1970
1990
2000
because for decades there
was no alternative.

8. Like dirty socks, spreadsheets stink!

9. 5 reasons why
SPREADSHEETS STINK

10. SPREADSHEETS
WASTE TIME.
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11. When does Bob’s scuba-diving
certificate expire?
Or how about Jane’s Jamaican
passport?

12. Where’s that info?
Was it saved by location or title?

13. By the time you check all
those spreadsheets, you
could have gone scuba
diving in Jamaica yourself!

14. SPREADSHEETS
ARE
INACCURATE.
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15. Inaccurate spreadsheets can
kill your credibility!

16. More than
of company spreadsheets have
significant errors?
YIKES!

17. SPREADSHEETS
CAN’T REPORT.
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18. Generating reports from
spreadsheets can take hours...
or even days!

19. By that time, the information may
already be outdated—and the
moment of decision has passed.

20. Now you need to
start all over on a
new report!

21. Or you’ve missed an opportunity
to make a difference.

22. SPREADSHEETS
LACK SECURITY.
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23. HR has to store lots of super
sensitive information—like social
security numbers, addresses, and
other private information.

24. That’s a ton of confidential data!

25. Here’s a scary stat:
Fifty percent of identity theft
happens because employee
records weren’t properly stored.

26. $
And ninety percent
of stolen business
records are from HR!

27. SPREADSHEETS
ARE NOT
UNIVERSAL.
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28. People are different.
We all do things differently.

29. Are you stuck using spreadsheets
with formulas and tabs set up by
the HR person who worked there a
bazillion years ago?

30. What if the decoder
key to your company’s
bizarre tracking system
exists only in the head
of the last person who
worked there?

31. This sets you up for failure.

32. Consensus:
Spreadsheets
STINK

33. Good News:
HR Software is
fresh and clean

34. You need to make sure you’re
getting the right software for your
company’s needs.

35. It should simplify your job
and your life.

36. It just makes sense to have all your employee
data in a single, secure database.

37. Stop spending valuable time
searching, gathering, and
compiling information that’s
scattered everywhere.

38. So now what do you do?

39. You can start by going to
bamboohr.com
is a refreshingly simple
alternative to stinky spreadsheets.

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