It's all politics. You could be the absolutely most productive, with the best workcenter, and have all green metrics and still be stuck in your role. Unless you know someone, or a higher-up (ETL,STL,BP) really likes you, you're staying put. (Sometimes they know a workcenter will crumble without you there, so they keep you put).. but really, ITS ALL POLITICS!!! If you're a TM, the best you could hope for is a TL (NOT WORTH IT).. TL's RARELY jump to ETL.. (Target rather high a new college grad with no work exp).. and ETL's RARELY jump to BP's, DTL's, STL's, ect.. Just think about how many ETL's leave the company (once they realized they're being baited with a dangling carrot in their face), and how many ETL's there are in comparison to STL's/BP's/DTL's that are trying to "advance." Most leave because they see the behind the scenes. Why do you think Target needs to keep recruting new ETL's from college?? If it was such an "AMAZING" role, you wouldn't have the amount of turnover you do.. People give ETL's crap all the time.. they don't make THAT much money.. $50-$60k/year isn't much for the 50-60hrs+ you put in a week, plus taking home all your work and checking emails at home, and stressing about crap you can't control. When you average out all the hours worked, an ETL really makes like $15-$17/hr.. which isn't much for what stresses you tollerate and the years it takes off your life. If you worked full-time elsewhere, and got a part time job over the weekends, you could easily make as much/more than an ETL. All i'm saying is... keep your options open and don't settle for anything. Corporations, no matter which, have no loyality to you or anybody else. All that matters is the bottom-line, spreadsheets, and making profits. You are a tool they use to ensure the survival of the company. Nothing more, Nothing less.
