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ForTheHordeKT t1_j2dfd47 wrote

Even despite all of that, and every bit of what you say is true. It's always key to own your mistakes. I cop up to every single one of mine. I own it, because I made it. But I'm going to come with a solution to make it right, and we're going to discuss what can be done better to avoid it again. And sometimes it can even be as simple as "OK, holy shit I was actually a dumbass I don't know how you fuck that up, but I just straight up needed to give it more attention." That's OK too, unless it was something serious and you were being negligent. But if I own all my mistakes, then when it genuinely is not my fault something goes tits up they are going to believe me because I have shown them I own the fuck-ups I am responsible for.

If you can't have this manner of course regarding your mistakes at your job, then it isn't a place worth going in to. You're more than likely working a toxic hell hole that haze absolutely zero respect for you. Consequences to a mistake is fine if I fucked it up. That's part of owning your mistakes, too. But I find they're received a hell of a lot better when you have solutions prepared in how to handle it. I'll take my lumps when they're due, but I expect a civil and professional conversation about what happened, why it happened, what we do to make it right, and whether or not we need to make adjustments in order to prevent it again next time. If I can't expect that from you, I don't want to work for you anyways.

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