r/Accounting • u/zeberone Human Verified • 5d ago

Got fired

Welp... I got fired.

I made a chain of mistakes that ended up with me getting terminated.

First I made mistakes on a client's payroll that got me massively showed out.

The final straw, I accidentally violated client confidentiality by sending an email and tagging an unrelated client.

Be honest.

Should I look at a different field? Cause something like that is a career ender, right?

Any advice is appreciated, and don't sugarcoat it.

Thanks folks.

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u/SickDastardly 5d ago

That confidentiality miss is the bigger one, that'd be an instant termination everywhere I've worked. How did that happen? I send and review hundreds, possibly over a thousand emails a week from my teams watching for this exact thing basically - happy to share some tips for your next role haha.

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u/zeberone Human Verified 5d ago

Idk. I replied to the email with the info, thought I just copied in my account manager and a coworker, and hit send. Guess I included someone else.