Have You Ever Made A HUGE Mistake At Work?

Gosh! that does suck! I'm so sorry! but ya know, people are perfect, we ALL make mistakes! I'm sure it's all gonna be ok! My husband is a boss where he works and I can tell ya what makes bosses like that.. they are told to correct the problem or at least give the worker a "good talkin' to" and they get chewed out (possibly more than anyone over someone else's mistakes).. they are the middle man and the scape goat.

Wow, I hope it all get straightened out and the guy gets his suit in time. I have never made a huge mistake at work before. My brother was telling me about a $60,000 mistake one of his co-workers made one time. He broke a very expensive piece of equipment.

I wouldn't actually call it a mistake, but I got into trouble for it. I was the Payroll Adminstrator for a Hospice company. One day I came in and there was an email from my boss, he was in California and was going to fire the Admistrator there. He wanted me to prepare a check so that he could give it to the guy, since CA laws say that the employee must be paid all monies owed on the day of termination. There is a three hour time difference. I was talking to the billing manager and mentioned this to her. She runs and tells someone else, who called the California office to find out if it was true. This man did not know he was going to get the ax and word was already circulating. He did not find out before the action was taken though, but when my boss got back he was angry that I had mentioned it to someone. I got chewed out because of it, I had no idea, that the billing manager would spread it so fast. I only told her because there were things she had to do when the go to people were no longer at the company. From then on, I did not tell her anything else.

When I was working in a nursing home I once broke a very valuable and antique vase that one of the residents owned. She asked me to fix the curtain and neither of us thought about removing the things from the windowsill before we started handling the curtain. Big mistake. The curtain pole slipped out of my hands, it hit the antique vase and after that it was no longer a vase, it was just a bunch of pieces lying on the floor. The resident was an elderly lady who had collected antiques for many years and she was very upset. The nursing home had an insurance, but that didn't help much, because the vase was irreplaceable.

Right after I was left to work on my own at my job I made a very big mistake and now for the last year I have been the example for all the new employees. I work at a rental car counter and we are locally owned so are cars have to stay in the area and are not allowed to be returned anywhere else. We have a few Corporate cars however that can be sent on one way rentals so when I was training one of the important things they taught me was checking the return station to make sure that it was the same as are airport code. Several people had sent cars the wrong place but it was always pretty close and easy to go and get it. They gave us the first one is free speech and after that it was on you. Well my first one was HORRIBLE!! The airport code was pretty similar so I didn't catch it right away and there were several problems with the rental already and since I was by myself I was kinda freaking out well they went to get there car and it wasn't where it said it was so they came in and the only keys I had were to a highlander suv so I gave it to them and sent them on there way straight to Florida 26 hours away!!! By the time I had caught it it was to late and I couldn't get them to answer so the car returned there. The owner wasn't very happy but it just kept getting worse. Florida ended up sendign it back out on a local rent even though it was on a hold and it ended up getting wrecked!!! They finally got it fixed and sent it to New Orleans and they went and picked it up there. The car was needless to say worth a lot less by the time it got back and they have never let me live it down. I am the example for everyone still even though it has happened to several others since I guess theirs weren't as bad as mine!!

Yes, big big mistake which involved a big amount of money. The time that I worked in the bank, I was a verifier then, part of my duties and responsibilities being a supervisor in cash department, There was a new account-checking account opened without my knowledge I was mistakenly stamped closed account. Because I was confident that already closed for I myself did the tagging in the computer. I verified the checks just seeing the authenticity of the signature I did not notice that it has new account number, to make the story short I returned the check to the bank where it was deposited with the stamped "closed Account." 3 days after, here comes the depositor asking me why his client complaining that his issued check is closed account. That's only the time I just have known that the new account teller opened him another account in lieu of first account which was closed earlier. Its good the client is understanding, he just issue another check to his client. Since then I am particular for all details of the checks.

I actually lost my job for making a decision on my own, although I had been doing it for several months. Although I was the Managing editor of the newspaper my new boss didn't want me to think for myself I guess and she decided I needed to be fired when I put a photo on the front page with just a small paragraph and a headline reading "The town that kept a secret." The caption was left out to get people to read the article, which was not written by me and was given to me to use as the caption. The boss was looking for any reason from day one to get rid of me and I knew the day would eventually come that she would. I guess that is why they are called BOSS, they can do as they please.

I have only ever made a small mistake. This small mistake did not cost the place any money and was really no big deal. The place was secured access and it was time to make and give new access cards for the new year. I was told the Director would be flying away and not returning before time for the new card so I tried to give him his new card early otherwise he would not be able to get into the building when he got back. HE THREW A FIT! He acted like I had made the biggest mistake ever in my life and that people would die due to it. I told him it was because he would not be back in time and would be locked out but he didn't seem to hear rational reasoning and he yelled at my boss too who agreed with me in the first place. Sometimes Bosses are the stupidest senseless people. I think that many times they are in a bad mood and want a way to get it out on someone else.