Mistakes at work?

[happy_2008]

So how many of you guys made a big mistake at work then?

During my initial stages of working in a accounts practice I made a mistake of filing in a clients vat return as a receiver instead of a payer But luckily i asked a colleague to check them before i submitted the return

 

[happy_2008]

A colleague made a change to a system whereby short and long stock trades were accidentally reversed. A manager accidentally went long on a stock that was crashing, the broker reversed the trade within 30 seconds, but by that time they had already lost £46,000

Not a big deal...until it comes out of your bonus that is...



Cool thread by the way!

Out of interest who do you work for? £46,000 is a lot to lose for someones mistakes, im surpised they didnt get the sack for it. But i suppose if the money gets taken from your bonus then that was a very expensive mistake

 

[happy_2008]

Wow it seems that I'm not the only one although my mistake was only minor in terms of cost

 

[happy_2008]

i blame an early start but today was about to set off to morcambe to do deliveries, reversed out of parking spot straight into the front of another truck, got out to check it and it was fine(was only going about 2 mph) so left it. got back to have boss come over asking did i have a bump this morning, i said i grazed a truck but didnt do any damage but it turns out i put a hairline crack in the bumper that will cause something to happen( which i didnt listen to) but its going to cost £700 for a new bumper.

Wow at 2mph you managed to cause a lot of damage