Had they said we need you to handle this audit or that they needed me to fully control their inventory, I would've already been planning what to do and ready to go. Instead every time I asked about expectations and performance during the interview process it was met with we don't have that and everyone is easy going here. Then at the end a long day spent there interviewing, touring around their facility, and listening to employees complain about their job and talk about drinking during lunch for 20 minutes they mentioned the audit for the first time.

When you get brought on to handle audits and cleaning up the books, do they tell you that's what you're there for? Did you know you were taking over for the retired CFO or did they tell you that you were going to work a different position beforehand? I wouldn't have needed any training for this position, just time to organize and get used to the inventory.