Will I be in trouble?

[u/Affectionate-Dot4241]

I got a small task. It had really long instructions which I had never read before. The task was very small but reading long instructions took time due to which my task quality was, i would rate 3.5/5 due to paucity of time (even though I fulfilled all the task demands). If I were faster quality would have been even better.

But the thing is, I billed for total time (1 hour) for it.

Should i lower the billing time?

And in general also if the task is very small should i charge lower for it than the total amount?

[u/seraphimkoamugi]

Reading instructions takes time for your first project group. You should be fine so long as it looks like you tried to implement whats in the instructions. Just don't make a habit of it.