Recent content by Old School TL

One more thing; our beloved CEO just had his pay package cut by two thirds when the board of directors determined that he has not lived up to his promise to resurrect the company from the previous CEO's misplays. If he had any dignity or anywhere else to go, he would have gone. This guy has a...

By the way, End-to-End theory is not a Target invention. It is a method of structuring business that has been around and written about for many years. However, if it is used as an end run around payroll spending by eliminating teams and replacing specialized personnel with poorly trained hacks...

I do not know the scope of today's revelation but I'm sure everyone will find out in due time.

What gives is that I have been a team leader for almost thirteen years (of good reviews) and I am grandfathered into a lot of programs that no longer exist to newcomers. I am closing in on retirement and am well paid (more than recently hired ETL's) and I have excellent benefits in general. I'd...

In my humble opinion, our current CEO will not survive another year. His agenda is contrary to running a profitable business. Make sure you dump any company stock if you have any left in your 401k. When I am not working as a team leader I am a serious investor with my finger on the pulse of Wall...

I've been around since 2005. I used to post on the old breakroom. I just never got around to setting up a new account when breakroom was reestablished some years ago. My STL confirmed the cancellation of E2E earlier today. It was a miserable failure in my store and ruined morale. We had some 62...

According to an email I just received this morning, the end-to end pilot has been terminated, and all traditional teams are to be restored A.S.A.P.