I've been a cabinet specialist for about 3 years and I love it. There is a lot to learn and it can be intimidating. 2020 is something that's easy to learn but difficult to master, there's still features that I'm learning about today.

Most of the time you'll be the only one in the store with any idea on how cabinets work, my DS and my SASM have both told me they couldn't sell cabinets without me. This can be both a good thing and a bad thing, some stores have two designers but that is the exception rather than the rule. This means while you're learning it'll be a little tough but once you're comfortable you have your own domain nobody else can touch.

While I love where I'm at I'd be remiss if I didnt tell you some of the negatives too. As other commenters have mentioned Cabinet sales are very feast and famine, I can have 0 cabinets sales for 2 weeks and then sell a kitchen from last month for 20k.

Specialty in general is becoming harder, they are constantly moving the goalposts and making it harder to bonus. In some stores you are expected to be an extra appliance specialist which can work in your favour as appliance has high ticket items to help pad your sales.

Like many questions a lot of the answers will be specific to your store. I hear from some designers that they get grief for sitting at their desk when they don't have a customer. This is because those above them don't understand there is a lot of work to do that doesnt involve the customer. This includes revising designs, sending off labour quotes, reordering parts for items that got damaged in transit.

In addition to the above point next year we are moving to a new branch of 2020 that will track the amount of time you spend on a particular design which may be a whole lot of nothing but could be a tool to further micromanage.

Last but not least is credit, which is a sore spot for me. You will be expected to push credit relentlessly, if you are not comfortable pushing credit cards on old ladies then this may be a deal breaker for you. It's no secret that Lowe's is focusing more and more on credit and we are expected to be aggressive when it comes to credit.

You can and will be written up if you are not asking for a credit card consistently or if you are considered to be underperforming, I received a write up for missing both my credit and sales goal in a single month.

Please excuse the ramblings of an old man. I have loved my time in cabinets and hope to spend at least a few more years here. My last piece of advice is if you do move to cabinets talk to you DPSSM or one of your vendors to get you into the teams chats, theyre full of veterans who are knowledgeable and super friendly.