To think I'm not cut out for my industry?

[carolesdaugh]

Please help.

I really enjoy my job, I'm 9 months into it, it's very competitive to get the job (but you don't then compete against your colleagues), well paid, well treated etc.

However, we do project work and every project requires feedback / project review, these project reviews then are used to decide what promotion or pay rise you get at the end of the year (most people move up one grade every year until they reach towards the top which then becomes difficult and slow moving).

I am riddled with anxiety over project reviews. I am still learning and it's a complex industry (it's in economics and requires a strong academic background as well as the ACA or CFA) so very different to my previous jobs, albeit I got the job and the interview process was about 10 hours total of exams and case studies as well as interviews.

I feel like I can't cope. The mid year review is coming up and I've been on a project with minimal work for a few weeks. I am living in fear of if I did something wrong or if my normal human mistakes will be remembered or used against me.

But also most jobs require reviews? So what do I do? I am constantly feeling sick.

Work are unaware that I am diagnosed with OCD and GAD and I am seeing a psychiatrist. Should I tell someone?

When exactly is the review?
Who is conducting the review?
Is there a standard format?
Are there standard items that need to be presented?
Do you need to produce a report on your work/the project to date, or lessons learned from completed work?
If there has not been a huge workload, have you been able to housekeep/reorganise or otherwise streamline your area of work? Can you demonstrate this?

I think you need to find out exactly what is expected and prepare accordingly.
However, you are right, most jobs are subject to an annual review. For the vast majority of people these reviews are non-events, as people have been doing their work and producing the expected results.
It doesn't sound as if you have any issues on the academic side of things, but perhaps a little practice presenting your work, commenting on what went well and what went not so well together with an outline of the direction you would like to take in the coming 12 months, might help you to feel more at ease?