"According to a Datarails report, more than half (54 percent) of 22 to 32-year-old finance professionals say they outright "love" Excel, up from 39 percent among the older generation. We're not sure if that says more about finance professionals than it does about Excel. Eighty-nine percent said Excel would remain as - or more - important in the next decade."
"Music to Microsoft's ears, perhaps, but not great news for Google Sheets. Then again, the two are different beasts. Sheets is cloud-first and geared for collaboration, while Excel is snappier (depending on local hardware) and loaded with more features. Aviation giant Airbus, for example, has found Excel a hard habit to break, citing file size as a factor that have kept its finance team (among others) clinging to the veteran software."
""Different generations in a department tend not to agree on much, but Excel is something that unites everyone in the finance department, from Gen Z to Boomers," said Didi Gurfinkel, co-founder and CEO of Datarails. Gurfinkel has an interest in the popularity of Microsoft's spreadsheet tool. Datarails sells an Excel-native financial planning and analysis platform with some AI stirred in. The company was also a sponsor of the half-time show for the recent Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC)."
More than half (54 percent) of 22- to 32-year-old finance professionals say they 'love' Excel, compared with 39 percent among older professionals. Eighty-nine percent expect Excel to remain equally or more important in the next decade, and 78 percent would be less keen on a job that banned it. Among users over 51, 94 percent expect to use Excel over the next decade and 96 percent would likely decline a job that prohibited it. Excel often outperforms cloud-first alternatives on local speed and features. Firms like Airbus cite file size and entrenched workflows for continued Excel use. Excel's popularity spans Gen Z to Boomers.
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