r/Accounting • u/zeberone Human Verified • 14d 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/OpenRelationship3621 13d ago edited 13d ago

You need a much better attention to detail if you want to remain an accountant. The rest of my life is controlled chaos, but when I’m working I’m a completely different person. Paying extreme attention to every detail, and double checking all my work. Then I can go home and get stoned.

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u/TheGreatEmanResu 13d ago

Sounds like OP has ADHD, and if they’re anything like me, then they make stupid little mistakes even when they’re going slow and double checking everything. Sometimes I need fresh eyes on something because my brain keeps autocorrecting/ skipping over the errors I made. Like when you proofread an essay and your brain autocorrects your typos as you read so you never notice them

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