3 months in and I want out!

Get used to it..lots of places are like this.

Accounting is full of sociopaths..

I first want to say I'm very sorry you're in the situation you are in, that is a very rough one and you must feel like you're between a rock and a hard place. If you leave, like someone else said, potential employers could judge you without knowing you're story and make a wrong judgement against you, which isn't fair at all. However if you stay, you subject yourself to a horrible boss. Unfortunately the Horrible Bosses movies are far more accurate than they should be, but somehow in this country, (and not to judge a generation, but it started with Baby Boomers), it became acceptable to treat people horrible and with such great disrespect, and that you can fire people or put them in horrible situations, but somehow bosses shouldn't feel guilty because “It's business, it's not personal”, which is a big fat lie. The last firm I worked at was terrible, managers were rude, and not just to me but to my sweet wife. There was one guy, who wasn't my superior, though I'm confident he convinced the partner to fire me, that truly bullied me. He would yell at me for now knowing things I never learned before, call me names like idiot, dumb, stupid, retard, and would review me work and as he looked at it would just shake his head and repeat “so f*cking stupid, so f*cking stupid, seriously, you're so f*cking stupid.” Somehow, the higher ups adored this guy, always spoke so highly of him, and I'm guessing it's because he was an expert at kissing butt, something I don't do, and those managers and partners just ate it up with a giant spoon. There was one moment where this guy literally told me he could steal my wife from me if he wanted to, but he didn't want to cause she's not hot enough for him, which was ludicrous cause he's a fat bald guy, and my wife, well, let me just say I constantly am asked how I landed a blond hair blue eyed beauty like her. I guess I'm saying this to let you know I truly empathize with you, it sucks you're in this situation. I was wrongly and suddenly fired at the last firm with no warning, and I felt devastated, but now I work at an amazing firm with three partners that couldn't be better bosses and I truly wish everyone worked for them. I say this, because I truly believe if you stay true to yourself, operate with morals and integrity, no matter what you do, it will work out in the end. You truly don't have to be subject to such horrible people like your boss, and yes, there will probably be other horrible people that will wrongly judge you for leaving so quickly, but my bosses, they wouldn't make a judgement like that without first talking to you and hearing your side. I want you to know there are great bosses out there and it sounds like you deserve one, you deserve an awesome working environment, so go find one! I believe you will find an amazing place to work! God bless you and good luck!

My advice:
-Make sure you look at the big picture, which is your life. Do you really want to be waking up for the next 9+ months miserable going into work, just so you can put down one year of continuous work on your resume and not get anything out of the work (well, maybe audit schedules)? I'm a strong believer too many people get caught up on “gaps” in their resumes and not focus on being happy with work. But hey, each their own I suppose. Speaking of resumes…
-Your resume is a marketing tool, not a historical document. Read into that how you will, but the goal of a resume is to show you're the best candidate for a job. I also had a year gap in my resume and never had an issue with subsequent employers. I came in, proved myself that I'd be the best candidate, and was offered the job accordingly.
-Employment is a two-way street. It should be beneficial for both parties, which is more than just a paycheck for you.

All the best.

Tono – that sucks. It seems like a lot of people take joy in “correcting” others. I too work for a government and have this Cruella of a person here, she's higher than me but we report to the same boss. She slams doors, yells, throws pens around, all sorts of childish behavior. I just called her out last week. So far it's not going well. She's managed to turn it into things being my fault because she's frustrated.

Does your boss have a boss? Maybe you can go to them? If you're like me it sucks if their boss doesn't seem to think the issue needs to be addressed. Going to HR is an option, but you have to remember that HR isn't there to protect your interest, they are there to protect the interests of the organization.

The other option – are the things you are doing actually incorrect? Is there historical documents you can copy off of?

I'm sorry things are off to a bad start for you. I hope it gets better 🙂

The best advice on here is to have another job in hand first. Don't be afraid to go on interviews. Chances are, your boss understands that she has little going for her in attracting top talent and has become miserable as a result.

We've almost all been there. I got a “promotion” at a government job because another guy was so fed up he couldn't/wouldn't do his job so he took early (forced) retirement.

Our supervisor was a nut job who got to work every morning at 6am and stayed until 7pm. He had full support of all managers and the comptroller. Most of the accountants had medical issues (great insurance at this job) or were close to retirement so they put up with his psychotic ways. I just said “good morning” and wore a smile until I found something better.

One more thing, there are ways to explain why you left a job early without bad-mouthing the job. In my case, “I loved the job, but the commute was really rough”…that worked for me and you can probably come up with something similar that applies to your situation.

Good luck and godspeed.

You should ask her where is the policies and procedures and read it in its entirety. Then, you should have the CFR open and read through it as much as possible, so you know wtf you're doing and what year and audit requirements entail. Know what OMB circular reports are required, they require certain schedules, findings, etc to file. Every requirement and instruction for government entities is in the CFR, so read the code and you should know the audit requirements you have to submit to the government. You should be able to look through last's year's permanent file, or working papers, and just copy and paste it, and update it to the new year's findings, procedures, and documentation. It should be a repeat of the previous year's workpapers. She probably thinks your work product is sloppy or incomplete, which mean's you're missing something..either tick marks or documentation or both. CFR, GAAS, and GAGAS should tell you the requirements, as well as certain compliance books (grey book? Pink book? Brown book? not sure which one it is). There is one specifically for compliance.