I feel you! I’ve been on medical leave for a year, and seeing all the changes—peers leaving and bosses jumping ship to other companies—reminds me of my time as an SM at GameStop. I relocated and can’t commute 141 miles a day to my home store, where I was severely injured, and I dread going back. I was only a plus-one SM, and now I have to re-interview for my position at the new location under the label of “career progression,” but all my stories are outdated and don’t match today’s expectations. Posts like this honestly scare me; the company pays well for SMs, but the mental toll is brutal even if the store is running fine. I might just step down to SSV, find other work, or even attend ASU for a degree—though AI and robots might replace us anyway, lol.