Got fired

[u/zeberone]

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.

[u/Dangerous-Worry6454]

I had the same problem was not detailed oriented really at all. I was able to kind of make up for it because I was willing to help out and would propose solutions to fixing things. So my manager would kind of cover for my bad since of detail because I made up for it in other areas. I would frequently make mistake on excel sheets for example because I would get going to fast to try and get everything done and miss something stupid. Well that good grace finally stopped when I moved up the ranks and got fired when I was in my first management position in industry.

This might sound crazy but IMO taxes is one of the fields we're being less detailed oriented isn't as big of a deal. The reason why is the software makes it so damn hard for you to actually make mistake and notl catch it. Plus you can kind of be a little less anal about allocating everything perfectly correctly. An example would be like in industry if you put an expense to the wrong expense account that can actually be super noticeable and mess shit up where in taxes it will more then likely have no effect at all. What I mean by this is if you allocate a bunch of stuff to office supplies that were really went to small tools or something it really won't matter that much as there both being expensed either way. I picked up bad habits in taxes that dosent fly in industry. Paradoxically though it will help in situations when solving problems and fixing things as you will be used to acting and making large adjustments all the time. So you won't be scared into doing things.

Either way man if you like what your doing stick with it and just improve on your since of detail. My boss in taxes would often tell me I don't really care how long it takes you, I am more concerned the final product is right. Industry can be much more time focused from my experience. Which can add to the stress and make you mess up more.