Looking for advice on navigating challenges in my role as an experienced HR professional.

5 Comments

1. AnonymousJanuary 31,2025 at 7:26PM UTC

   There are tools you can use like spell check and Grammer check.

   Building confidence will be best served with therapy.

   Perhaps finding a mentor will be guide you in success.

   If you have a detailed dependent role, you will require supervision until you have established some strategies to support you.

   I would suggest you get diagnosed by a doctor to support your need for possible accommodations.

2. AnonymousJanuary 31,2025 at 8:11PM UTC

   Stop holding yourself to a standard of perfection. Everyone makes mistakes. Acknowledge them, learn from them and grow by accepting that they do happen. As for how you learn everyone learns differently. For example if someone gives me a guide book on how to do something and asks me to read it to learn how, I will not learn. I am a visual learner. If you show me how I will commit it to memory forever. Take the way you learn and show others how to teach you new things. And lastly give yourself some grace, breathe!

3. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistFebruary 1,2025 at 5:36AM UTC

   You wrote "Since starting this role, I’ve struggled with making small but repeated mistakes—such as having to redo work multiple times or sending emails with minor errors. I take full accountability for these missteps, but I find myself dwelling on them, especially knowing they will likely impact my performance review."

   Are you always this hard on yourself? Are you this hard on yourself in other aspects of your life? I would suggest you please consider finding a good therapist. If your best friend came to you and told you what you wrote above, what would you say to her? My guess is you'd probably tell her to stop beating herself up.

   Please give yourself the same grace.

   By your own admission, these were small mistakes. Minor errors.

   Like spelling errors? typos?

   Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone. Pretty sure no one works at a company staffed by perfect people. If these were truly small mistakes and minor errors, I don't see why these should impact your performance review.

   And I would not recommend you "proactively address these concerns in your performance review". What if these small mistakes are only a big deal to you? Why would you want to bring up negative things about yourself in your performance review.

   My first recommendation would be: breath.

   Are you feeling rushed? If so, slow down - type out your email and then review it. Maybe wait 5 minutes and then review it again before you hit send.

   Please try to taken an inventory of your actual work performance - what are the top 5 or 10 things you're responsible for? How are you meeting those metrics - my guess is these minor mistakes are a very small part of your job. Are you only seeing the negative? Focus on what you're being sucessful at and please stop being so hard on yourself.

4. AnonymousFebruary 2,2025 at 2:21PM UTC

   Are you called out for the mistakes? If so, acknowledge and learn from them. Making mistakes is how we learn. Very few jobs require perfection at every turn.

   Are you redoing work because you don't like it or because you are asked to? Stop redoing it unless asked to; again, getting the job done is the goal. AI tools can help you with your email "imperfections." Perfection is nice but usually optional. When it is not optional: It could result in severe damage to life or property.

   What do you expect to accomplish by proactively letting your boss(es) know that you feel like your work is inferior? If your supervisor(s) and stakeholders are not complaining, consider your job well done and feel good about yourself. Why would you want to open that can of worms if they are not complaining?

5. AnonymousFebruary 5,2025 at 10:10PM UTC

   I’m having trouble sorting through your narrative. You’re experienced yet making small but repeated mistakes. As others have said, please take a wholistic look at the tools available to you like spelling and grammar checks, AI, etc. While no one is perfect, these repeat mistakes will eventually cross a threshold point where they end up being called out on a performance review.

   Please give yourself the gift of a formal diagnosis for your learning disability. I’m not totally clear what undiagnosed means, TBH? You think you have a learning disability but you’re not seeking help or learning skills to compensate at work? What I’m about to say will be harsh: the undiagnosed learning disability might be a hard pill to swallow for some. It sounds made up to cover for these mistakes. Get some professional help and end your workplace suffering.

   I’m not clear why you brought up the second supervisor with the suspected substance abuse. Are you suggesting that their issue should neutralize yours because it’s more egregious? Call out the behavior and report it to HR if it’s a problem. It’s not illegal to be an ass, otherwise move on. You’re not responsible for their behavior. And it sounds like you have a better relationship with the primary boss.

   You seem yo have a lot of situational awareness and a desire to right this ship. Best wishes in your next steps.