Meet Sarah Byun, Kitchen Happiness Cheerleader & Homeschooling Mom
Our beloved Sarah Byun can homeschool and work – rocking it on the mom front while also being a stellar customer service professional! Tune in to this week’s episode, where you’ll get to see some behind-the-scenes small business practices and learn about an amazing mom.
If every company had a Sarah Byun on the team, companies would have many, many more happy customers. Sarah started off as a Cook Smarts customer in 2014 and then joined our team as our Kitchen Happiness Cheerleader in the spring of 2015. Since then, she has helped countless customers get their questions answered, concerns addressed, typos on their emails fixed, always with the most cheerful demeanor.
She’s also helped fulfill hundreds of fundraising requests because we love supporting your communities — reach out to Sarah here if you have a fundraiser you’d like Cook Smarts to support or if you just want to say hi!
In today’s episode, you’ll get to know this amazing multi-tasking mama and also get a behind-the-scenes look at our small but mighty company. Plus, you’ll get to hear:
- How Sarah juggles being a homeschooling mom with her Cook Smarts responsibilities
- All the hats she wears because she does way more than answer customer service emails
- The negative customer service email she had to answer in her application to get the job!
If you’re someone who loves hearing about small businesses and stories about amazing moms, don’t miss this podcast episode. For all those entrepreneurs, I also offer a little bit of hiring advice at the very end of the episode.
P.S. We taped this episode while Sarah was in London with her kids — flexible, remote positions for the win! Here are some photos of them on their trip:
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Links mentioned in this episode
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- Ellyn Satter and the Division of Responsibility
- The Fringe Hours book
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Grey’s Anatomy
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