I keep making careless mistakes at work. Is it okay?

It will be good to take the initiative to come up with preventive measures/controls to help avoid making the same mistakes in future. These can also be in the form of learning points. Of course, you will need to show these to your boss.

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For example:

• how/why the mistake happen? Careless human error? Or is the process too complex?
• how to simplify things and make it less error prone?

A few good things will come out of this:

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1) shows that you are proactive in managing/learning from mistakes.

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2) Your boss may appreciate the effort to put the measures/controls in place - it can help the newcomers next time as well

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3) displaying this sort of initiatives can bring back the confidence that coworkers have in you.

Hey Anon, first and foremost making mistakes at work is okay, dont beat yourself up to much because everyone makes mistakes. It is highly commendable that you are self aware of it and are trying to change. That is indeed VERY GOOD!

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Also, don't worry about what others might or might not have said about you. Remember failure is the root of all success. Have a chat with your superior and find out what you can do to improve and help. Note down the things you commonly make mistakes and double even triple check the next time you go through a task. You can do this Anon! The world is your oyster!

Firstly it doesn't matter which level you are at. People makes mistakes. Key is what do you do after you're aware of your mistake? Did you do a checklist, did you do something to try and avoid it or do you brush it off and repeat the mistakes again?

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I agree you should schedule 1:1 with your manager if there isn't one in place already. Seek feedback and set a improvement plan in place. Jia you.

I think you might have a deeper issue with yourself.

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Maybe you should see a psychologist about this.