This is why I'm looking elsewhere to put my talents to better use. The "just stand there and watch the lanes/point people in the right direction, oh and maybe once in a while step off the floor to do a coaching" just goes against my work ethic. I don't like to stand idle. The way I'm interpreting the role of SETL is as a glorified traffic cop. If I'd wanted to do that I'd apply to my local PD, at least I could eventually promote to patrol officer and do something more productive and fulfilling (and interesting) with my time. Not sure if I'd want to promote to ETL, if my talents are not being utilized in the TL role, what's to say they'd be utilized at the ETL role or higher? Between the lack of payroll to even cover the basics, the call-outs on top of the lack of payroll, and the general boring-ness of being an SETL, I am out at my first opportunity. I want to actually manage a team and do something. This is the first position where I could say that I'm bored (basically standing there doing nothing, per DSD orders -- DSD wants my peers and I to have zero involvement in anything like helping with drive-up or returns during peak times, just stand there and watch, and call for the backup that will never arrive because payroll isn't any better elsewhere in the store -- maybe ring up a couple of guests on the MyCheckouts that never seem to work) and stressed (no payroll, no coverage, constantly trying to make do with one or two TMs on the front end vs. 50 guests in line/keep our numbers up) at the same time.
