Ours had been with our store since before we opened in 2006 and is still there mostly. They keep sending him to other stores to help out so he hasn't been there as much lately.
Our STL is really good. Always available and pulse many LOD shifts. Been with us since we opened in 2006 and hopefully I'll be out of there before he is.
Ours is still a gstl but I have noticed that there is usually a gsa scheduled and he works photo and covers gsa breaks. He hardly ever has a gstl shift that's just him.
We got nothing this year. Past years we have, at least, gotten cards but this year nuttin. And now I have that stupid song running thru my head, "I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas 'cause I have been nuttin but bad.".
We just had someone in my store step down from tl. Now she's working all over the store and seems to be loving it. And, yes, she's still in the same store.
We had a former GSA explain the difference back when they started the GSAs. A GSA can't write you up but he/she can tell the GSTL who CAN write you up.