I'm overwhelmed and want to my quit new accounting internship
I signed on expecting simple accounting intern work like posting invoices, journal entries, reconciling statements but ended up finding out that their payables are a mess, they have no idea how much they owe vs how much is owed them. I have to ask for statements from vendors, reconcile statements, then tell our guys to pay. Some people don't respond when i ask for statements (multiple times); someone is supposed to post the invoices that i asked for after checking the statement and did not have but they aren't; I have to do this for several dozen vendors and I am totally overwhelmed. I didn't finish reconciling december's statements and now my boss seems irritated, and he's not cutting me any slack. this is my first real internship and i dread about going to work probably every hour of everyday. I feel like a failure and an idiot. Am i just overreacting? I'm actively looking for a new internship even though at the interview he asked me if i can stay for more than a few months and i said yes. Is it okay if I leave like 5 months in? Sorry if I sound like a moron but I just need advice. I'm worried that I picked the wrong major all together. Thanks guys.
Almost every project where I have overseen the financials has been a mess. It might seem fine for a little bit, but then when you really get to know the financials, you start to see the little details, little f'ups, then you fix them and from there try to be proactive instead of reactive and just maintain after that.
I was working for one company this summer with the most f'ed up financials I have ever seen. It was a pure disaster. The company shifted around internally, and they tried to move me and as a favor I told the COO, I could take CFO if the CEO approved to clean up this mess, but luckily we both parted ways.
Early in your career, you will find that some projects or assignments will be frustrating, messy, unorganized, or ones that your predecessor just hands you a steaming pile of shit.
But, these are good exercises for later in your career, where similar to the situation above, I was basically putting my ass on the line as a risk to help clean up the business. I could have stepped into a situation that I was unable to resolve, and it looks much worse when you move up in the hierarchy if you can't pull off what you said you would. But, the worst is when you say you can handle something that is much worse than you think.
Nevertheless, business is messy and this is good training for your future career.
Thanks for your response. I'm trying to take it all in stride but the stress consumes me. I guess I'll deal with it for a couple of months. Your response has made me feel a bit better. Do you think it's a problem that I'm leaving so soon even though at the interview I said I could stay for like a year? Thanks.
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