I’m terrible at my job, AIBU to try and get in to the civil service?

[overthinkersanonnymus]

I work in finance admin and although I’m extremely organised and proactive, numbers are not my strong point. I also have no pension to speak of so I feel like I need to concentrate on finding a role that won’t give me searing maths anxiety and has decent benefits.

from what I’ve heard it’s quite difficult to get in to, but if I can, what departments would be best to get apply to so I can get my foot in the door?

Well, I’d guess any department that doesn’t involve numbers. But, they do require a certain degree of proficiency. Council worker might be an option, as they have lots of non-numbers roles. And a pension scheme...

If you're so incompetent you've even noticed it yourself, I suspect you'd fit in very well in the Civil Service.

Don't be so rude

Don't be so rude

Yawn. Perhaps retrain. Your creative writing skills as much work as your number skills do!

The CS is cutting tens of thousands of roles. I can’t imagine it will be any easier “getting in” now!

We've just bought a shared ownership from a HA that's now often in the Liverpool Echo (their housing is just on the border of Liverpool), tbf, I think incompetence is on the person specification.

I thought public facing employment and benefit jobs are the least favourite. But I expect hugely stressful and probably involve some level of maths. Civil Service is really not a soft option and as you say very competitive.

😂😂😂 That was my first thought but you're very brave to actually say it. Maybe run and hide for a while.

Extremely spiteful answers.

Choose a non-numerate profession. I wouldn’t imagine the department would make much difference if you sole concern is numeracy.

Easy shot.

@overthinkersanonnymus If you're so terrible at your job, why are you specifically applying to the Civil Service?

You haven't explained why you're targeting this specific organisation.

I think you're goading people on here and I doubt I'll ever get an answer, but - this is what I think is the key question here.

YABU.

Why work in finance if you're bad with numbers?

If you’re terrible with numbers, how is your logic and problem solving as these are skills that would be required.

But factual

OP, on another thread (which gave her this brilliant idea)

”I’m am definitely going to try and get in to the CS after reading these posts. I don’t want a high pressure, money making (for someone else) job. I want to be finished by 10am!!”

Tax payers want and deserve hard workers. As an ex-civil servant I certainly wasn’t “done by 10am” and often worked till midnight depending on what was happening. (Was senior, but still.). You may be happy to tread water, but I’m bloody well not paying for it!

I’m not incompetent in the slightest, but finance is not my strong point and I’d rather do something I am good at.

Yes and entirely predictable and tedious.

I was in the civil service for 20 years, I was GOOD at my job for about 4 of them. I was an IT tech (then IT manager) in an ever changing environment... went from computers the size of a car to hand held... ever training, ever playing catch up.
There are many types of job, in many different departments. There are varying levels of competence through all of them. You are rarely expected to hit the ground running, training on the job is usually expected and varies in quality.
So long as you are prepared for loads of paperwork/computer based admin, go for it. The civil service is both getting rid of staff and employing... depends where you are.

(Now retired on a decent "gold plated" pension, and would do it again just for that to be honest - I am a plodder, not a flyer.)

What on earth is going on here 😂 how is this goady??

I like the idea of civil service as there is opportunity to progress in departments if you excel, excellent benefits such as pension contributions which I don’t get in the private sector, and I’d actually be working for a purpose rather than just making someone else rich.

So what are you good at? Maybe start there and it will give you some ideas on what "department" you may want to apply to.

I'm in the public sector too. No one I know or work with is 'finished by 10am'.

Housing Associations are different from the civil service.