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Would you have told the truth?

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icannotbebothered · 01/02/2022 09:39

I'm a PA working in finance (investments) and I was tasked with creating a big spreadsheet with loads and loads of different tabs relating to various investments. I don't really like my job, I don't like the company I work for in terms of culture etc and I am not interested in finance/investments, I have tried to be interested but I'm just not, anyway, I am looking for new jobs.

The spreadsheet is not finished and is a work in progress but my boss looked at it and spotted a few stupid careless errors that were caused through my own lack of attention to detail. I hold my hands up, they were careless mistakes (3 in total). My boss gave me a bit of a bollocking saying I need to focus more and that I work 'superficially' (I guess she means that I look at my work only at surface level) she then said 'are you interested in the work you've been given' and I said yes, even though I'm really not.

I was thinking about it last night and I am now wondering if I should have just been honest and said no, in my head whilst she was talking to me I was thinking maybe I should just tell her I'm looking for a new job, but I know that's risky and then when she asked the question I just said yes before I really thought about it. I guess I'm curious what others would have done in this situation?

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 01/02/2022 09:41

Of course you lie! It’s a job that I assume pays you a salary, you haven’t got another job yet. I’m not vastly interested in my job, nor overly interested in my colleagues but that’s life.

ChateauMargaux · 01/02/2022 09:44

Unless this is a task that does not fit within your job description and could / should be done by someone else or this is something that you can bring up in a development appraisal with a view to changing things, then no.... don't tell the truth.... find a way out..

Tal45 · 01/02/2022 09:50

It was a stupid question on her part - what did she expect you to say? Giving someone a bollocking is really not the way to motivate anyone - surely her job is to check what you've done and approve it or get you to make changes if there are some little mistakes. When you are doing something huge and complicated you need a fresh pair of eyes to look it over. It sounds like they want robots who do things perfectly first time every time. I'm not surprised you want to leave.

icannotbebothered · 01/02/2022 09:54

@Tal45

It was a stupid question on her part - what did she expect you to say? Giving someone a bollocking is really not the way to motivate anyone - surely her job is to check what you've done and approve it or get you to make changes if there are some little mistakes. When you are doing something huge and complicated you need a fresh pair of eyes to look it over. It sounds like they want robots who do things perfectly first time every time. I'm not surprised you want to leave.
Yeah tbh that is what it's like, I think with these particular mistakes I can understand why it would be annoying to her, but there have been other times where she's bollocked me for making a mistake whilst talking that would be akin to me saying it was Tuesday when it was actually Monday, and then she would want to know why I said it was Monday when it wasn't haha
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