[MustPass1988]

I need some advice from my fellow Another71ers who have ever had to talk to their manager about something they didnt want to. I started a new job 4 months ago in internal audit and in that time, I have had nothing to do. I literally have been sitting at my desk studying all day every day. I have received no training of any kind & I have no idea how the internal audit process works. Well now, we have a walkthrough coming up and I have told my manager over and over that I have never had a client with this particular section and I have no experience with it. I’m reading through prior year work but since I’ve never worked on this section, it’s just not making a whole lot of sense. I know once I start working on it & getting into it a little bit more it will make more sense but at this point I really dont understand it. I talked to my manager again yesterday & told him that Ive never had experience with what we’re working on & I don’t feel comfortable leading the walkthroughs and discussions quite yet and if I could sit it on the first few to get a feeling for the questions being asked and the way the walkthroughs work, that would be great. His response was basically that I need to figure it out. When I started this job, I expected to receive at least some training and I haven’t gotten that. No one seems willing to help me at all, they expect me to just figure it all out on my own, even though they knew when they hired me that I had 2 years of public experience with very different clients and that most of the sections I would be working on here, I have had little to no experience with.

How do I talk to my manager and tell him that I don’t feel like I’m getting any training without complaining but still getting the point across?

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[Anonymous]

Mo Money / Mo Problems

[Anonymous]

Well any firm in a competitive market isn't going to let an employee sit around and just study all day. But hey, I guess that would be the life.

[MustPass1988]

@brickell do me a favor and come tell my manager that.

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[Anonymous]

Lol I would love to

[jeff]

You're not the first person to be hired and then left to figure stuff out.

It took me six months to figure out the bass-ackardsness of power plant cost recovery in a rate case for a regulated electric company. I had to come up with the numbers and write testimony and received no training – literally none other than being shown the massive binders from the last rate case 4 years ago.

My boss was someone who was known to throw things against walls when frustrated or stressed, which I got to witness – a site to see.

I didn't know what to do – so I broke it down into parts. I went to the power plant accounting group and asked a lot of questions and had them explain it to me.

I had the finance team members explain the equity/debt aspect of it as it pertained to rates.

I also lucked out by inheriting a project that had an amateur excel setup (with mistakes that I found) and looked like a hero just by making a legit spreadsheet.

By the time the case was filed, I was correcting my boss on the topic.

Start small and build a knowledge foundation – ask people questions who aren't in your department (IT).

It's ok to say “I don't know, but I can find the answer.” Don't BS – people know better.

Not sure if that helps at all…

[MustPass1988]

Thanks Jeff, that does help! I will definitely utilize the resources I have and figure it out. That's the documentation I'm basically being given- prior year workpapers that are documented in a really confusing way. Maybe this is my chance to give myself responsibility. I guess on the bright side, I don't have a micromanager!

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[wendywhite]

I enjoyed the discussion here – brought to mind a great lecture I sat through about the role our generation plays in how we interact and work. Generational Insights – Cam Marsden was the speaker I think.

Its funny – but he also said something that I found very profound.

If you remove all the obstacles for your employees – you remove job satisfaction

FAR 11/2012: 80
AUD 2/19/2013: 90
REG 5/14/2013: 76
BEC 11/2013: 85
Ethics: 100
Waiting on the packet....

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