Workplace reviews and discussion: 栢悅國際股份有限公司

Because I admire aesthetic things and also prefer a simple, modern style,

I had been away from work for quite some time. After being introduced by a friend, I found that there were only a few furniture stores I could apply to in southern Taiwan.

After being accepted following several interviews, I found that the interview process here has two stages.

When the senior executive came to interview me, they also explained the original intention behind sharing life experiences and confirmed whether the interviewee was prepared with sufficient confidence and determination.

Compared with other places that immediately want to discuss how many numerical targets must be achieved, this made me curious, so I chose to take on the challenge here.

My colleagues are all very nice. They can answer almost all questions and explain the work rules clearly.

It is indeed difficult to get started. There are also many products, and during the first few months, because of the manager’s concern about the lack of notable progress in my learning and sales performance,

I felt that customers were constantly changing, and I also spent a lot of time figuring out the paperwork during this period, inevitably receiving corrections along the way.

However, the practice really made a difference, and I made significant progress.

But I was supposed to be doing sales; preparing documents and presentations was not what I wanted to do.

I began to doubt my abilities and wonder whether choosing this path had been a mistake. I also started avoiding my manager and colleagues.

Perhaps it was that final bit of determination—not wanting to deny myself after deciding to change careers—that made me give myself one last chance. If it still did not work out, so be it.

Then, unexpectedly, after a customer gave me feedback and thanked me for the information I provided, and after I returned to the store with a colleague’s support,

although it was not a major deal, the successful sale after a pleasant conversation gave me greater confidence to give myself the opportunity to put my passion and original purpose into practice.

Building mutual understanding takes effort from both sides. Is it my responsibility to understand my manager, or my manager’s responsibility to understand me? I think we need to reach a shared understanding.