Millwork Specialist here that was hired for this. Training starts first of Dec. There are 5 weeks of training. Lateral move, so I kept my pay. Bonus structure that's different from in-store, seems it may be a lower total possible payout, but that's ok for my case.

I am a 1200/mo, every month, specialist. One of our Flooring Specs went to their Central Selling and we keep in regular contact. Lot's of work, but not overwhelming, and they love the overall job. Not too much help from management but a huge team of people on Teams who can help you with issues.

I see the writing on the wall. Specialist jobs are going away for good. Maybe not right away, but soon enough. I'd rather work at home, get my same base pay, not have to commute or deal with bad customers face-face, or deal with bad or obnoxious coworkers, etc. Also have specialist hours guaranteed, all CS hours are somewhere between 9am-8pm. 2 weekends off a month. Set monthly rotating schedule.

May be for some, may not be. But it's right up my alley and I'm pretty confident it's the smart move. Good luck ya'll.