My two cents are, never be too good at any single thing. Watching recruiters, I see more people brought in from the outside put into “Leadership Roles”. An Area Manager in Orlando, worked for FIBA before joining the team. Columbus, a Senior HR assistant worked at Charter Steel first. A site lead in Hartford worked at Tenaris before dropped into an Ops Manager.

None of these three individuals knows to login twice on the gun before labor tracking and answering questions about “Are you 6 ft from other”, “You have a message from some one that can’t match your name to your face”, or “5 minutes of Admin time is approved, everything else is worthy of a write up.” None of these people know the frustration of working hard, to miss a clock punch or shift premium to be told “Open a Panorama Ticket.” Not one of them has worked 12 hour shifts to be told they got half a point somewhere for noncompliance.

Congratulations Stephanie Johnson, James Moller, Elin Weaver on their skills to land highly coveted positions in an over crowded job market, especially with a Global leader. But is anyone trying to tell me, that they have seen the top three Stowers, Pickers, and/or Dock Support approached by HR to take a position at $50, $60, $70k a year?

Implying that “Safety” is for the slow or weak is ridiculous, it is merely a stepping stone for greater things. Because it’s just as important as anything else, and I’ve never heard a recruiter say “We interviewed 50 internals for promotion today, and hope to have results announced next week.”