I've been stressing at work over stupid accounting crap (I HATE dealing with numbers) and I swear never to work in a job with numbers again. This brings me to my next problem. My job used to revolve around marketing, but since my manager is an accountant (for the marketing team), I do a bit of accounting here and there. From having little involvement, it has now progressed to a significant portion of my duties, and I'm afraid that my job will become half accounting. The role I interviewed for was part-time Marketing Administrator!
I'm starting to wish I had paid more attention when I took that Accounting subject last year. I wish I hadn't copied Caz's homework or fluked my way through exams. How could I have known that I'd need accounting in life? Maybe it's my fault; I keep saying how easy my job is, so now they're giving me more to do. My boss says that he'll go over more accounting tasks with me next month so I can check our journal ledgers and blah blah blah. Kill me, kill me now. I don't mind numbers, little numbers are fine. But, when you ask me to figure out expenses that exceed six digits, then yes, I do have a problem with it. I don't want to be responsible for monitoring so much money (that's not even mine!).
My boss and I spent a few hours trying to find the missing figures and allocate them to the right places. I was hoping for some drama at work, like an employee trying to steal the company's money by manipulating the system, but it turned out to be just someone coding the amounts to the wrong accounts. I kept thinking it was my fault whenever there was an amount out of place, like as if I had somehow morphed into a genius and transferred the money into my own bank account. I felt so relieved when everything was in order. When I saw 0, it meant that everything was balanced and for once in my life, 0 was an indication of success.