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[quote=Anonymous]I have been at my current job for seven years now. About six years ago, I almost lost my job because I was making too many mistakes at my retail job. I accidently forgot prices changes, miscounted the drawer where it was over by $1, and tried to go after a shoplifter. Quite frankly, I was overworked. My boss would get furious with me and wouldn’t speak to me for weeks. I think the only reason I did not get fired was because I am such a hard worker. I put out huge amounts of work and haven't done any major blunders like that.

But I feel like this “mistake period” has ruined my reputation because I still work with all those same people and they remember. This past “mistake cloud” still hangs over my head. And now every time everyone sees me, my past is relived in my boss’s eyes. I also know that my boss tells every new person that comes to work here about my past mistakes. How should I handle this past period in my career? I want to do something to stop the power it continues to inflict upon me. Should I bring it up and talk about it openly whereby dissipating its power? Or just continue as I have been hoping everyone eventually forgets as I prove myself with my current performance?[/quote]

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