Useless executive? Or sales?
1) Cashier
2) Front office assistant
3) Front office manager
4) Assistant store manager
5) Operations Support Associate
6) Operations Support Manager
7) Manager FP&A
8) Director FP&A
9) VP FP&A and IR
Few other minor roles along the way and I didn't even have a college degree till #7. First 8 of those roles were with a grocery chain and current role is with a hotel company. I agree a lot of executives are useless, but there are good ones out there. I've had less than 5% turnover under me in the last 10 years, which is a pretty impressive track record of treating my folks and their folks below my directs well.