I’m a recent graduate and pretty new to environmental consulting (I didn’t do a co-op in this field). I’ve found the expectations to be quite high, with limited guidance on tasks and a constant flow of new information to learn.
This experience has also made me question my attention to detail. I sometimes misread instructions or take longer than expected to fully understand what’s being asked, which means I often go over the allotted time for tasks and end up feeling stressed. It also feels like no matter what I do, there’s always some mistake in my work.
Essentially I feel like a bad employee, stressed and stupid at the moment.
It’s been a few months now, and I’m starting to wonder,are these signs that this career might not be the right fit for me, or is this a normal part of the learning curve early on? Would you let go of an employee such as myself in the future?