conversation: User (Vitalsigns159): "I currently work with taxes in the US. Was offered a position as a financial controller for a restaurant. Basically accounting/payroll/inventory but also managing deliveries and helping with catering drop offs (moving/setup/ billing clients). Although I'm confident I could learn every aspect, glass door is suggesting an accounting degree and ~ 3 years experience. \n\n\nI think even if it was half of the job, I'd feel comfortable accepting. There is just a lot of room for error with the lack in experience. I'd be going from $14/hr to 50k and it's hard to turn down that raise when they asked me (I didn't apply).\n\n\nIs it common to actually turn down work and be honest when underqualified? \n\n\nEdit: Survey says I take the position and learn as I go. They wanted me for some reason so I need to trust them and myself.\n\n\nEdit 2: Well. This felt like the biggest pep rally. This sub is wonderful. On top of employment insight, please send culinary inspiration. My latest project was a brown butter and banana ice-cream. "
  Self: "That's the restaurant owner's problem, not yours. If you take this job and do well, you'll gain a lot of valuable experience in addition to the pay bump. If you don't do so well, you're no worse off than you are now.\n\nI'm not seeing a downside here"
  NachOCheese3 (NachOCheese3): "Ask a lot of questions. I worked in a small restaurant that did catering orders to the university and picked up most of that stuff within a year. Scheduling and payroll can't be that hard for a numbers guy like you, give yourself a chance\n"
  my_life_is_a_gif (my_life_is_a_gif): "Definitely this. If your first 3-4 months on a new job aren’t one big, extended Q&amp;A, you’re doing something wrong."
  niye (niye): "But who do I ask? I'm afraid that if I ask someone higher up or someone close to my position they'll say "I thought you accepted this job because you already knew what to do?" and I'd get demoted instead."
  my_life_is_a_gif (my_life_is_a_gif): "If you mess something up because you didn’t ask questions, you’ll be fired. With the exception of truly shitty bosses and coworkers, most people are happy to help the new guy get up to speed. Nobody knows everything about a new job. Different companies have their own way of doing things and sometimes they have to train employees. I’d rather have an under qualified employee who asks questions and learns the role than a fully qualified one who messes up something simple for not asking anything."
  Kirosuka (Kirosuka): "&gt;If you mess something up because you didn’t ask questions, you’ll be fired. \n\nThis. Everyone would rather you ask a million questions and get it right the first time, than inevitably fuck up majorly, lose your job, and cost the company all those wasted resources that could have been avoided by a simple\n\n *hey, can you run me through what you'd do in this situation?*\n"
  SillyFlyGuy (SillyFlyGuy): "If you can ask, be shown how it works, then understand it well enough to never have to ask again, that puts you into unicorn employee territory."
  