So the VML position has become simply "VM" as in visual merchant. They are no longer considered a team leader but their pay grade is the same as a TL pay grade. This was meant to they didn't have to lead a team and focus on visual merchandising.
I would love to see the registers have the same interface as SCO. It's sleeker and more guest friendly, and much like the SCO registers we can go into the help options and it looks the same as the old way. Touch screens would be nice too. And I agree I would love to see a register that doesn't crash all the time. I feel like I am on a first name basis with some of those good ole' folks at the CSC (I'm not but it feels like I talk to the same people).
AE will be an interesting year personally for me because I got promoted to SR-TL at one of the new express locations and I will be leaving my home store in a few months. Interested to see the new processes from a different perspective.