For years I thought my job was making the reports look good. Then a bad decision got made off a number I'd quietly polished, and it landed on real people. I'm learning that the actual job was never the polish; it was keeping the numbers honest, even when honest is inconvenient.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're learning that your real job is keeping the numbers honest, not pretty.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.