I'm not sure about the 6 month thing. I've heard plenty about it from both sides (I'm a Mobile Rep staying on). I know of a kiosk manager that is now at another store on the Target side. Not sure what position they took.
As far as the discount goes, no one in my district likes it, and none of the staff at the store can figure out why they took it. If we're going to have all that training, why take it? Supposedly MarketSource is coming to take the cards sometime next week. Not sure what the deal is with that.
I'm surprised to see how little info there is here for this transition. I was able to get and read all the info that was posted on Workbench last weekend. I like knowing what our DPCIs will be (Dept 255 for contract phones), what accessories we will be selling, and what our new, fancy acronym will be (CSP).
All in all I think the change will be a good thing, with better integration of the associates and better communications. RS was never that good at telling us what was going on, with our DM being a complete goober. The leadership in my store is really good and I look forward to the changes.