diff --git a/studio/schemas/documents/compensations.ts b/studio/schemas/documents/compensations.ts
index 25e045ef8..37731c664 100644
--- a/studio/schemas/documents/compensations.ts
+++ b/studio/schemas/documents/compensations.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@ import offices from "../objects/offices";
 import { title } from "../fields/text";
 import { benefitId } from "./benefit";
 
-// smallest number of offices where ellipsis (...) will be used in preview
-const OFFICES_PREVIEW_ELLIPSIS_LIMIT = 5;
+/*
+ maximum number of offices without preview string shortening
+ (should be at least 2)
+ given array: ["Trondheim", "Oslo", "Bergen", "Molde"]
+ 2 => Trondheim, and more
+ 3 => Trondheim, Oslo, and more
+ 4 => Trondheim, Oslo, Bergen, and Molde
+*/
+const OFFICES_PREVIEW_CUTOFF = 3;
 
 export const compensationsId = "compensations";
 
@@ -36,35 +43,46 @@ const compensations = defineType({
   ],
   preview: {
     select: {
-      subtitle: "basicTitle",
+      title: "basicTitle",
       /*
        Array object values are accessed with dot notation and array index: "offices.0.basicTitle"
        This limits the preview to only select a subset of the array
        https://www.sanity.io/docs/previews-list-views#62febb15a63a
       */
-      ...[...Array(OFFICES_PREVIEW_ELLIPSIS_LIMIT).keys()].reduce(
+      ...[...Array(OFFICES_PREVIEW_CUTOFF + 1).keys()].reduce(
         (o, i) => ({ ...o, [`office${i}`]: `offices.${i}.basicTitle` }),
         {},
       ),
     },
-    prepare({ subtitle, ...officesMap }) {
-      const offices = Object.values<string>(officesMap).filter(
-        (o) => o !== undefined,
-      );
-      let title;
-      if (offices.length >= OFFICES_PREVIEW_ELLIPSIS_LIMIT) {
-        title =
-          offices.slice(0, OFFICES_PREVIEW_ELLIPSIS_LIMIT - 1).join(", ") +
-          ", ...";
-      } else {
-        title = offices.join(", ");
-      }
+    prepare({ title, ...officesMap }) {
       return {
         title,
-        subtitle,
+        subtitle: previewStringFromOfficesMap(
+          officesMap,
+          OFFICES_PREVIEW_CUTOFF,
+        ),
       };
     },
   },
 });
 
+function previewStringFromOfficesMap(
+  officesMap: {
+    [key: string]: string;
+  },
+  cutoff: number,
+): string | undefined {
+  const offices = Object.values<string>(officesMap).filter(
+    (o) => o !== undefined,
+  );
+  if (offices.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  } else if (offices.length === 1) {
+    return `Office: ${offices[0]}`;
+  } else if (offices.length > cutoff) {
+    return `Offices: ${offices.toSpliced(cutoff - 1).join(", ")}, and more`;
+  }
+  return `Offices: ${offices.toSpliced(-1).join(", ")} and ${offices.at(-1)}`;
+}
+
 export default compensations;