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SA2 - Feel free to DM if you need someone to bounce work stuff off of, if you’re in a space where you’re not comfortable asking for clarifying questions or you don’t even know where to start asking questions. I was in a position where questions were hard to ask and it inhibited my growth. I know the feeling of needing them to not know I “didn’t know what I was doing” because my position felt precarious.
1. You are senior. Its never just your fault at that level
2. Try to change your thinking. If you messed up that probably means that you are stretching yourself to learn new things. Thats always a good thing. Look at this fail as a learning opportunity.
3. Best of us mess up badly. Every single person that's been around long enough messed up badly and had others help to remedy. Also every single one of us help to remedy others mistakes. Today its you, tomorrow it'll be someone else.
4. As ppl said above, your attitude is everything rn. Own up to it, thank people who helped you out and seek some advice on how to learn from this.
5. And lastly, don't be too hard on yourself. Shit happens and thats why we have teams and the firm to support us.
I’m defeated about this. But reading this really helped. Many thanks!
It happens.. if anything it makes you relatable lol
We’ve all been there. We’ve all made big mistakes. I had a Prime one time complain about my “incompetence” to my boss (we were the subcontractor on a huge HUGE contract). I had a good boss and he helped me figure out how to learn from it instead of drowning in shame. Still rocked me for a long time after. But it grew me.
1. Apologize that you dropped the ball.
2. Discuss how you can help correct it.
3. Ask for feedback and best practices to avoid this in the future.
Mistakes happen to the best of us. It’s okay. The biggest takeaway here is your ability to learn from this. I admire the fact that you own up to it and not blame it to someone /something else. Chin up young fella! It’s just work - there’s no need to stress too much about it. As my partner once said, at the end of the day, nobody died. Nobody’s gonna care about this in 5, 10 years.
For what it’s worth, I’ve had plenty of late nights to make up for someone else’s mistakes and I‘ve found that it’s much more enjoyable than just having to work late for other reasons. When someone feels bad and I can help, it’s nice to do so and somewhat rewarding in an otherwise very non-rewarding job.
I know it sounds weird, but some of the most enjoyable times I’ve had in this career have been helping others make up for their mistakes. On the flip side, I’ve made plenty of mistakes and I know that the folks that I’ve helped are quick to offer to help me too, so I’m not advocating for screwing up, but just know that folks are probably more understanding than you think and I’m sure you’ll be happy to help them in the future when they mess up.
I’ve been doing this a long time, mistakes happen to all of us. The only thing you can do it own it, try to learn and move on. Now if you’re honest about being mediocre, maybe ask yourself if this is the career for you.
There are tons of opportunities and maybe it’s possible you find yourself a job or role you’d be more successful in.
It gets better with time. At the end of the day, some partners were not that good at audits, they stick out
First of all, I doubt whether its 100% down to you. You should have been subject to supervision and review throughout the project, and so this should have been caught sooner. Secondly, if you've not made a mess intentionally, then you'll be fine - apologise, get it fixed and then move on - we all make mistakes and teams are there to get things fixed. No one has died.
I was going to say this. A senior isn’t at the end of the day responsible. Firms have so many levels of review and ranks for a reason.
Learn from your mistake… and do your best not to repeat you… if you ride you are bound to fall. All it matters is how you pick yourself up and move forward….
I saw you mentioning resigning. Based on my extensive career in audit at several large firms if every partner that made a mistake did the same there would be no one left...you're fine learn from it and you'll never make that mistake again
Talk to your manager/career counselor/boss. Explain that you feel disappointed with your performance and want to be better in the future. You caring that it went wrong goes a long way ina. review. Asking for help with constructive criticism and ways to improve goes farther.
I’d start with your career coach - it’s their job to help you succeed. They’ll know what the appropriate next steps are and they’ll understand the culture enough to help you navigate this. Plus there’s something good about you bringing it to their attention and them not having to find out through other channels. Your career coach is there to grow you.
The fact that you are taking responsibility of your mistakes and acknowledging the fact that your coworker is helping you out /showing appreciation/being apologetic etc already showed that you have the potential for growth and you clearly do care. If I were on your team sure I may feel a little annoyed that I had to pick up some additional workload bc you messed up, but still knowing that you do hold yourself accountable for this and admitting your fault I wouldn’t mind helping you out and would not hold this against you. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s what you do after you make those mistakes that matters.
So stop feeling embarrassed or overthink about what already happened. Instead you should focus on where you could help out at this point to make things better, at least show the initiative that you are willing to do whatever you can to make up for the mistakes you made.
Thank you all…these comments really helped. Hope you all have a great day ☀️
Jump back in - nobody knows the stuff better than you. You can help bring it back - you just need to pull in extra hours, find the solution, and work with your managers
It’s okay! Mistakes happens. No one is blaming you. Fix it, learn from it, and move on!
I think they are blaming me
Don’t worry about it and keep your chin up!! Mistakes happen and at the end of the day your manager, director, partners are responsible!
Omg KPMG did the most recent uk fine teach us nothing?! The one where the Kpmg associate was excessively fined??
Mistakes happen and you are not alone.
I get it. We all screw up sometimes and it feels awful. Feels like the higher up I get, the more often it happens. (1) Always own up to it. Apologize. Do whatever you can to help fix it. (2) Learn from it. The more partners I talk to, the more screw up stories I hear. (3) Remember that your job is not your worth. On my worst days, I remind myself that the worst outcome is getting fired...and then I'd know that it was time for a new chapter. Deep breath. These things rarely end up being as big of a deal as they feel like they are at first.
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Just because you are mediocre doesn’t mean that can’t change. Ultimately, that’s up to you.
Yes. It’s in my hands
Look for a new job
It is large. And yes, really good advice here. Much appreciated to you all
What happened with the project?
I don’t think it’s too big of a deal, this happens to everyone