How much do you care when you fuck up at work?

[PersonAndStuff]

So, I try to be one of those guys that care too much about their work. And it's usually not too hard with this job. But when I discover I fucked up, like I discovered a little bit ago. There was a button I'm supposed to press, almost every day. And I did not press the button. My heart fucking hurts.

 

[Pirateluigi]

VENT RADIOACTIVE GAS?
"N-O"

VENTING PREVENTS EX-PLOS-ION.

( chuckling )
"OOH, THIS IS HARD."


Actual reply: all the dang time. I dwell on these things forever

 

[Rhomega]

I care a great deal. I always worry in the back of my mind that I could get fired over something I overlook.

 

[TaySan]

I give my 100% but i dont give anyone else shit if they fuck up unless its consistent and it starts to affect my paycheck.

 

[qaz]

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[Morrison71]

It depends, I'm a lab tech in a hospital so obviously I would like to never screw up but that just isn't possible.

When I first started I sucked at drawing blood. We are a smaller lab, so techs do have to draw blood. It really bothered me when I missed someone. I think it was more, this is something easy and I was trying to improve but I was still struggling. That's a very frustrating feeling. I eventually did get better but it was frustrating.

Luckily, most other mistakes I have made don't really effect patient care at all, so I just try to learn from them and not do them again.

 

[Fuhgeddit]

A lot. I hate messing up. It gets the worst of me.

 

[Verelios]

I feel bad for a little while but usually just decide that what's done is done, and to learn for later.

 

[adj_noun]

Probably too much.

 

[Venatio]

If I mess up at work, it throws me off for at least a couple hours. I start to worry about any other mistakes I may have made, and just generally beat myself up for being a dumbass.

 

[TaterTots]

Tbh, I don't give a shit.

 

[Richietto]

Don't give a fuckin shit. Don't get payed enough to.

 

[MrPink]

A pretty good amount, it'll at least ruin the day and possibly be in the back of my head for a few. Especially when it's something simple.

 

[MarioW]

I care immensely. That is an appropriate amount of caring for my role.

 

[MazeHaze]

A lot. If I get fired I would never be able to find another factory job that pays what I make now and I would lose my home

 

[Dezzy]

So, I try to be one of those guys that care too much about their work. And it's usually not too hard with this job. But when I discover I fucked up, like I discovered a little bit ago. There was a button I'm supposed to press, almost every day. And I did not press the button. My heart fucking hurts.

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It's your job to press the button?

Sorry, first thing I thought of.

I care a lot if I screw up at work. Usually any mistake I make can be fixed, but I hate making them. I'm in a leadership/supervisor role and I care a lot about doing a good job and I have a lot of pride in the area I'm responsible for. I work with people who have disabilities and I want the best for them.

 

[IDreamOfHime]

Considering I hold a safety critical licence, I could potentially go to jail depending on how bad i fucked up. So, a lot.

 

[Strike]

I don't want to be that guy. I don't want to talk to my bosses any more than I need to.

 

[whatsinaname]

So, I try to be one of those guys that care too much about their work. And it's usually not too hard with this job. But when I discover I fucked up, like I discovered a little bit ago. There was a button I'm supposed to press, almost every day. And I did not press the button. My heart fucking hurts.

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A fair bit, mainly because we are a small company of like 8 people. A fuckup means a lot more unneeded work for all of us.

 

[Deleted member 6173]

It depends how big of a fuck up it. One time I fucked up at work and it made the local news.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Is this a Lost episode?

 

[Mammoth Jones]

At first? Very much and all the time.

After getting laid off from multiple jobs through no fault of my own? Not one bit. Shit happens. I'll do my best to check, recheck and check again but nope.

 

[Tremagus]

If I realize I fucked up I try to think if it's something that was one time or if I was constantly doing it. I'll go back and double check hours of my work just to make sure this was a one time slip up or not. Keeping accurate records is important otherwise people won't be able to find important documents they'd need years from now just because I zoned out for a second.

 

[Dr Shasta]

I talk about this with my therapist because it affects me alot.

 

[Tavernade]

A lot.
Like I'm a ball of anxiety all day over just the potential I screw up.

That being said if what I screwed up affects a customer and they've been rude I would be lying if I said I cared at all.

 

[ArrogantBastard]

Depends, is it on me or did it screw over my students. On me, w/e, hurt my students academically or emotionally I'll do w/e I can to fix it and apologies.

 

[Pyke Presco]

Depends on what the fuck up is related to. Screwed up something like productivity or efficiency, or wasted some time because I did something wrong administratively and have to redo some paperwork? I don't give a shit. Screwed up something that actively impacts a person, whether through safety, overwork and stress or whatever else? Yeah, then I'm super pissed at myself and concerned about the mistake.

For example, let's say I'm doing some paperwork for someone's promotion and I screw it up and they don't get the promotion. Or I forget to process (or even just get to it slowly because it gets buried in a pile of stuff) an acquisition request for some safety equipment. Yeah, I definitely care that I screwed up, because I have directly harmed someone's well being. That can have a significant impact on their personal life, or for something like safety equipment can literally cause harm to people. But if I screw up the paperwork on a quarterly report, or I run a shitty meeting and my boss gives me a blast of shit? Pfft, I don't care at all, in the grand scheme of things that doesn't matter at all.

 

[Falchion]

Yeah I hate it when I mess something up. Really try hard to avoid that.

 

[MrKlaw]

I care way too fucking much. Its just bits and bytes. I care enough that when my team fucks up, or even when my company does silly things that make it more difficult for me to do my job , it upsets me.

 

[julia crawford]

What happens now OP? What happens if you don't push the button? What happens? Is it serious?

 

[digitalrelic]

It depends on who it affects or if anyone notices or not.

 

[Tophat Jones]

A lot.

My whole philosophy since I got into the corporate world has been "Don't be the guy that fucks up" It has worked very well for me so far.

 

[Poltergust]

It depends. Some mistakes are small and easily fixable, others can block people from getting their own work done and that's a big no-no.

We still try to not take it that seriously, though. For example, if someone breaks a build (as in, it literally can't compile), then they receive the "object of shame" that they keep until someone else breaks it (which one depends on the project, for example, my team had a present box, but another team has a stuffed unicorn they all call Uniy), but it's just a joke between coworkers. We understand that we all make mistakes.