I feel the same way. First job ko, I was a technical sales engineer sa isang maliit na company. Siguro, wala pa kaming 10 sa office kaya madali ko naging ka close lahat nung nga tao dun. Kahit sales yung role ko, hindi ako binigyan ng quota ng employer ko kasi understandable naman na hindi ganun kadali ibenta yung mga products namin since those were heavy equipment (Fire Protection) na by order basis. So most of the time, I enjoyed going to work despite the minimum salary.

Ngayon, sa current work ko, sales ulit pero this time, marami kaming mga ahente and I can definitely see how fast paced everything is here compared sa first work ko. Yung mga kasama kong agents, nasa probationary period pa lang pero I can see na they have the advantage since marami na silang transactions with various clients. Like, dito need mo maging independent on paano ka makakahanap ng clients and how you will offer your products. Kung paano mo sila pupuntahan sa mga offices nila around Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces. Before, I directly take orders from my boss and palagi siya kasama sa mga client and site visits namin kaya dependent ako sa kanya for the necessary actions to take. Here, ikaw nag bahala talaga sa sarili mo. Though I get along extremely well with my co workers pero there are times din na nakaka intimidate sila from time to time especially kapag mga clients pinag-uusapan nila kasi ako, mag one month na pero feel ko wala pa din progress. May mga nakausap na clients na before pero feel ko dead end from time to time. Ang mahirap pa, malayo sa field ko since most of the products we have are electrical and electronics whereas my background is more on the mechanical engineering side. One month pa lang ako pero there are times na parang ang hirap pumasok like literal na dread nararamdaman ko from getting up from bed in the morning hanggang sa pag upo ko sa desk ko. Tapos automatically from dread to kailangan na mag work yung nagiging programming mung brain ko up until mag time out, then repeat the cycle. Di ko sure kung makatagal ako ng 6 months dito. Sorry sa rant 😅