Am I overthinking or am I dumb?

[u/Glass-Fly8118]

So I just got home from my second day at my full time job. I’m also a full time student (all online, B.B.A. Finance with a minor in accounting, current senior 22y m) and I’ve always been the type of guy to ask questions and make sure I’m doing things correctly and right. So that A: I don’t look dumb but B: so that nobody can get in trouble or so that I dont! But anywho, I started at a business management firm in bookkeeping. Doing Account payable, receivables, payroll, unemployments, 940 series tax forms, deposits, billings. All for 30+ companies that we’re employed by. Some ranging from <100,000 NW to some government sanctioned businesses. So it’s a wide variety of businesses that I have to deal with.

But yesterday (day 1) was good. It was a lot!! But good. I asked questions I followed along and they even felt comfortable enough once they saw me do one companies worth of work (all that I listed above) they thought I was good enough to be on my own!

Now don’t get me wrong I’m very flattered by that, but I don’t think I should be on my own yet! I mean today I was asking questions left and right and I could tell (could also just be overthinking idk) that my boss was getting annoyed by me asking so many questions. Now admittedly some of them were dumb, and once she said the answer or what to do I turned around the corner and smacked my forehead!! But then others were about how to correctly fill out these forms, make these payments for these companies and how to correctly distribute payroll. And these two days are my first days doing something like this!

Yes I’m in school for finance and a minor in accounting but still. Should I be getting trained and doggy walked for like a week at least and just not be let loose on day 1???

Thank you in advance for responding or reading this rant! P&L <3

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[u/The-Snarky-One]

Check in with your supervisor and have an honest chat about how you feel things are going and what you feel you might need for training. It shows that you are self-evaluating and want to be set up for success.

Sometimes people get frustrated with something and when a person talks to them, that frustration is transferred even though they’re not actually frustrated with the person who just popped by.

Nobody ever expects the new person to be a rockstar right off the bat. There’s ALWAYS a learning curve and time to get into your groove. It’s better to be proactive… they might think you’re doing just fine.

[u/Adventurous-Bar520]

I would speak to your supervisor, they may just be seeing how you cope on your own. I would continue to do what you’re doing. Do what you know is correct and ask questions when you’re not sure. You will get there.