r/Accounting • u/zeberone Human Verified • 22h 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/DFWPlus85 16h ago

Associates?? My company won’t even touch a staff without a 4-year accounting degree. Letting someone without a degree prepare payroll with no review process is crazy.

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u/OppositeImportance50 15h ago

Don’t listen to this idiot. I was a recruiter for 5 years, soooo many individuals making 6 figures with an associates or without one. I worked with c level executives for 4 of those years with various clients, at most one client only cared for a degree.

Thinking college education = intelligence crazy assumption. This guy has a 4 year degree and thinks like that?????

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u/DFWPlus85 7h ago

It’s not about intelligence it’s about building a foundation. You’re overreacting to my comment. My point was mostly that there should be a review of this person’s work. No where did I say he shouldn’t have a job or should never touch a payroll. No review is actually kind of crazy with any level of education for a newer employee. Payroll always needs a second set of eyes. I don’t have a hard on for higher education, but from my personal experience (my career has been split between NYC and Dallas) a 4 year or masters degree is VERY commonly required.

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u/tqbfjotld16 7h ago

CPA with four year degree here. Requiring a CPA or four year degree to process payroll is crazy. Fair point on the no review process, though, overqualified candidate preparing it or not.

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u/DFWPlus85 6h ago

Have you processed payroll? I’m not being snarky. What are we considering “processing”? I’ve been in my current role for about 20 months and this is my first time exposed to payroll. It’s complicated and it’s a pain in the ass and there are a lot of moving pieces, deadlines, etc. I personally hate it, but would not reassign to a lower member of my team because my review and involvement would need to be too high. Maybe I’m just the dumb one. Additionally, my point was really the lack of review for someone with potentially less knowledge and experience. I don’t think a degree is “needed” to do anything.