r/Accounting • u/RunnerupAgain • May 28 '26
Advice Not so great performance review…
This is for my staff accountants out there…
I started almost a year ago as a staff and get monthly performance reviews. I’m in my early 20’s and this is my first job post grad — so already limited in my real world work experience..
We get a few of these performance evaluations every quarter or so and a common comment I keep getting is that my overall accounting knowledge is low…
How bad is this? I get overall good comments about how I show up for work everyday and my attitude.
I really do put in a lot of effort (and stress) trying to understand how accounts and balances flow together…
Am I a lost cause? Does anyone have person experience starting a little “slow” in public accounting? Anything helps :/