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Mistakes at the workplace

Zoe

Hi everyone, 

Hope to hear stories about some mistakes people have made at work in the world of HR.

I have been working short term contracts in HR for the last year after a change of careers. But what I am finding is due to the short term contracts I feel I do not have anyone to confide in and chat too. In my other career I would make a mistake then tell my friends and they would tell me stories of their mistakes and we would laugh about it. But this would help me put my mistakes into prospective and realise they are not such a big mistake and I would from this experience as I am the type of person who learns quicker when making any mistake.

But now when I make a mistake I have no idea how big my mistakes are and I have no-one to confide in. Off course these mistakes then begin to build up in my head and I have no way to measure how good or bad I am with my new career.

It would be nice hear from other peoples experiences.  

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  • Being a people pleaser, I once made a basic mistake during a disciplinary process which ended in a dismissal (with notice) of a fixed term employee. The matter was dealt with on appeal (upholding the decision to dismiss with notice, the mistake had no bearing on the outcome) and got no further, but true to form for that employer, no one told me about what mistake I had made/provided any feedback although it must have been totally obvious to the HR person advising on the appeal... Years later I realised my mistake and cringed. I found that place poisonous and the lack of feedback incredibly hard to deal with.
    Moral of the story: don't stay in bad jobs - get out while you can!
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  • Being a people pleaser, I once made a basic mistake during a disciplinary process which ended in a dismissal (with notice) of a fixed term employee. The matter was dealt with on appeal (upholding the decision to dismiss with notice, the mistake had no bearing on the outcome) and got no further, but true to form for that employer, no one told me about what mistake I had made/provided any feedback although it must have been totally obvious to the HR person advising on the appeal... Years later I realised my mistake and cringed. I found that place poisonous and the lack of feedback incredibly hard to deal with.
    Moral of the story: don't stay in bad jobs - get out while you can!
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