So the rumors are flying around how retail is going to be changing. Word is DSPLs and DSTMs are out and possible realignment in field team to reduce DL head counts. Does anyone have the inside scoop?
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DTSM being cut from having 20 hrs down to 10 hrs allocated for field support. DSPL is no longer a position. DPCs reduced to 30 hrs/week. 10 hrs back in store to get 40 hrs. RD reduction so most likely a new alignment of districts.
When a DVP market visit consists of a DL, RD, DAPL, RAPL and a several others it is fully evident how Over bloated field management. Just to take a look at LinkedIn posts and count how many people are in the store for a visit. It’s a ridiculously unnecessary use of resources, overwhelming and intimidating for the stores and no one is getting any value out of it
Agreed most RDs and DVPs don’t understand store level colleague issues and just preach the corporate micro management message. For what they make RDs can double or triple their spans
If they're gonna reorganize field leaders, why stop at DL's? Regional directors can be a huge cost savings if you cut back on some of them too. And for that matter do we really need division vice presidents? CVS is bare at the store level but overfull with middle management field leaders. Do we really need 3 layers of middle management?
I wouldn’t be surprised that the new roles introduced would be eliminated. They kept reorganizing and wasting so much time and money chasing things that did not really improve anything. Everything keeps being made more complicated rather than simplified as much as possible.
I believe DSTM is district support training manager? (The old training store manager position) and DSPL is something like district support pharmacy leader? In either case this would be GREAT if they reduced DL numbers. Some of them don’t deserve to lead teams the way they treat people.
What's DSPLs and DSTMs ?