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Honeycombe8
So the group of people I work with is moving to another floor...someone is taking my office
I was informed on Friday that the group of people I work with is moving to an identical space on another floor. I was told that for those with my job title, the bosses aren't getting involved & letting us work out who sits where. But not really. When the HR person told me that, she'd already talked to the other two, and they had picked their spaces. In the office where I am now, she told me that another person who works with another group (but also works a bit for one person on our group) is going to be taking the office in the place that I now have. But she smiles & says I have all these other choices! She points to the floor plan to a series of the smaller offices, or if I want to stick with a larger office, there are some on other floors.
I am not having any problems with the group (we all get along great), I've been with them for 7 or 8 years, I have a good reputation and am a respected worker in my job title group. This is political and was manipuated by the person who is taking what should be my office.
I was crushed, heartbroken, and felt betrayed. How could the guys I've worked so hard for for years either treat me this way, or not care enough that they let it happen? I told HR I'd take an office on another floor because I couldn't take the smaller office...not that I have a problem with that office, per se. But it wouldn't be so much an office to me as a slap in the face. I said that even though this is a new space, that is my office, and I know what it means when a worker is pushed out of an office and someone else is put in. I was pretty upset.
She said she wasn't sure how the decision was made (yeah, right), that she'd go back & tell the group, etc. I told her I don't want to make waves but that I thought I'd better resign. Ever since my boss died several years ago, it's been a difficult row to hoe on that group. Others have tried it, and come and gone. But I made it work. Then to get this...it's too much. A person has to draw the line somewhere and have some self respect. The HR lady said she wouldn't take my resignation, to think about it over the weekend.
I'm in my late 50's. I have paid off my house and built up my 401K. I can't afford to "retire," but I could get by with temporary work and such, so I have that option.
I could take the smaller office, and be humiliated at the company.
I could take the office on another floor....but out of sight is out of mind. I would probably get less and less work from that team, if I did that.
THEN the HR person says, "Really...we have some things that are going to be going on here, so I really want you to think about this." That could mean anything.
I've cried and cried and thought about it all weekend, talked to friends and family. I'm in the middle of a project...part of me wants to resign and leave tomorrow, which would leave my group in a pickle to do that project (it has a deadline). They'd get it done; it would just be difficult. Or I could give 2 weeks notice, which would mean I'm stuck working on that project for that group for 2 weeks. Or I could suck it up and stick it out at the company and see what happens (I've been doing that for several years, since my boss died).
My career seems over, no matter what I do. What the hell happened. I've never had anything but great evaluations, no problems with personnel, etc.
Any advice?
My best friend's advice: Take the hall office, suck it up, and just do your job for another year or two,until you save more money.
My brother: Screw 'em. Alternatively, go in for a week or two, and if you can't handle the emotional turmoil, give your notice.
My sister: Take the hall office, put a smile on your face, and pretend you are totally okay with it.
I am concerned it will only get worse with the group, if they'd treat me this way. Maybe I'll get upset & say things I regret, if I stay. I'm so hurt and feel so betrayed. They like me, I like them. I thought. What the hell happened.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101897533
Oh y'all got to read this one.
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Stuff like this grates on my nerves to no end. She is not losing her job or getting laid off, she is getting a new, albeit smaller offfice. If she is whining over this, holy crap!! I wouldn't want to work with/or for, her. My store manager doesn't have his own office. He has to share it with the other three assistant managers. This woman should be happy she has a ****ing job!! :mad:
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You should spread your "office" around DUmmie.
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I used to have an office on the top floor, and wanted one on a lower floor. Now my job is on the ground floor, of a yet to be identified business. Moral of the story, be grateful with what you have,for tomorrow, who knows what it will bring. But some lessons the libs will have to learn the hard way.
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I used to have an office on the top floor, and wanted one on a lower floor. Now my job is on the ground floor, of a yet to be identified business. Moral of the story, be grateful with what you have,for tomorrow, who knows what it will bring. But some lessons the libs will have to learn the hard way.
Exactly! H5
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Oh geez. You are moving offices, not having a leg amputated.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal
26. In this economy, at your age
you have a job. Keep that job. If you feel like leaving, get another job first. Life sucks when you don't have a job. You HAVE a job. You can hang in there and maybe something will change. Or won't. But you'll still have a job right?
I thought the economy was doing wonderful, at least that is what the 0bama administration is claiming. I saw on facebook that tax cheat Geitner was saying that high gas prices aren't so bad because of how the recovery is going so well. :banghead:
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Wait till the working public begins to learn how real wages have shrunk under owebuma.
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Dear DUmmie, a suggestion, if I may...
Get the office (however small) on the highest floor. Then ****ing fling yourself out the window, you sodding cow. If office size equals humiliation in your ****ed up little world, then life would be better off with you no longer a part of it, you overblown drama queen.
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Dear DUmmie, a suggestion, if I may...
Get the office (however small) on the highest floor. Then ****ing fling yourself out the window, you sodding cow. If office size equals humiliation in your ****ed up little world, then life would be better off with you no longer a part of it, you overblown drama queen.
Yes, you can thus judge your status by the direct proportion to your injuries.
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This is from the Onion, right?
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EOM.
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Where is my stapler ? ? ?
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When the HR person told me that, she'd already talked to the other two, and they had picked their spaces.
So what's that tell ya stooooopid?
Sounds to me like you're low man on the totem pole! Big ****in' surprise! People impossible to work with, generally get left by the wayside!
She said she wasn't sure how the decision was made (yeah, right), that she'd go back & tell the group, etc. I told her I don't want to make waves but that I thought I'd better resign. Ever since my boss died several years ago, it's been a difficult row to hoe on that group. Others have tried it, and come and gone. But I made it work. Then to get this...it's too much. A person has to draw the line somewhere and have some self respect. The HR lady said she wouldn't take my resignation, to think about it over the weekend.
Oh **** you! Do ya actually think we're gonna believe you're so important that even though they didn't give you first choice, they would want you to stay around and make waves? You're full of shit!
Sounds more to me like they would be glad to get rid of you, just like they did your stinkin' liberal boss from years past! I bet he was a real jewel, too!
I've cried and cried and thought about it all weekend, talked to friends and family. I'm in the middle of a project...part of me wants to resign and leave tomorrow, which would leave my group in a pickle to do that project (it has a deadline). They'd get it done; it would just be difficult. Or I could give 2 weeks notice, which would mean I'm stuck working on that project for that group for 2 weeks. Or I could suck it up and stick it out at the company and see what happens (I've been doing that for several years, since my boss died).
Yer kiddin' right? You cried and cried? Over a ****in' office space? Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha! Holy crap! how can anyone think they are so self appointed important and live?
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EOM.
OhMehGod, I am laughing my ass off. H5 :rotf:
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Where is my stapler ? ? ?
You and Miskie are inside my head!
:rotf:
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EOM.
That's what I thought too. :rotf:
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You and Miskie are inside my head!
:rotf:
I suspect, it's up her ass! Prolly the only sex she's had in years!
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Sounds like the OP DUmmy just got Peter Principled and the new occupier of said DUmmy was better, put in more hours, or just might not be a big PIA to management. Welcome to the real world, not everybody gets first place.
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Oh Boo Hoo ya big baby. Of the three offices not in the bullpen area of the office I have the smallest one. I own the company & the building.
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Stuff like this grates on my nerves to no end. She is not losing her job or getting laid off, she is getting a new, albeit smaller offfice. If she is whining over this, holy crap!! I wouldn't want to work with/or for, her.
Are you sure Honeycombenumbers is a woman? This is DU after all.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/101897533
Oh y'all got to read this one.
What. The. Eff????????????????????????? QUIT a job over an OFFICE?
In THIS 0bama economy?
WOW.
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This DUmbass is demonstrating why a lot of people are reluctant to hire women for responsible jobs.
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I've worked in offices that were everything from condemned WW II buildings that would burn to the ground in 2 minutes if they ever caught fire to a connex shipping container wired for internet and lights.
WTF is this DUmmie complaining about. :loser:
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I had to read this one through about five or six times to realise that, yes, the DUmmy is being that pathetic.
She should resign immediately - that would show them her true grit and determination.
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GO WITH
My best friend's advice: Take the hall office, suck it up, and just do your job for another year or two,until you save more money.
for realz, suck it the **** up like a golfball through a hose. You have a job! :bird:
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Are you sure Honeycombenumbers is a woman? This is DU after all.
this person cried and cried over it..I can't imagine a man doing that...unless of course, he swings the other way :whatever:
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All these references to Office Space made me want to watch it again. I'm watching it right now on Netflix.
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this person cried and cried over it..I can't imagine a man doing that...unless of course, he swings the other way :whatever:
Or is a DUmmie.
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All these references to Office Space made me want to watch it again. I'm watching it right now on Netflix.
damn rich housewife :lmao:
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damn rich housewife :lmao:
I'm laying in bed, I took a hydrocodone because of my neck/shoulder and watching Office Space. I'm turning into a DUmmie. :panic:
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Honeycombe8
...someone is taking my office
This is political and was manipuated by the person who is taking what should be my office.
I was crushed, heartbroken, and felt betrayed. How could the guys I've worked so hard for for years either treat me this way, or not care enough that they let it happen?
...it wouldn't be so much an office to me as a slap in the face.
I was pretty upset.
I told her I don't want to make waves but that I thought I'd better resign.
...it's too much.
I've cried and cried and thought about it all weekend...
...part of me wants to resign and leave tomorrow...
My career seems over, no matter what I do.
...go in for a week or two, and if you can't handle the emotional turmoil, give your notice.
Maybe I'll get upset & say things I regret, if I stay.
I'm so hurt and feel so betrayed.
They like me, I like them. I thought. What the hell happened.
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:whatever:
Any advice?
A few pointers:
- Quit your damn whining. You lost office space, not your income stream, so shut the **** up and be grateful you still have a paycheck during your lord and savior's reign. If it were me, DUmmie, and I found out your affiliation with the DUmp, your ass would have been sent LWOP on the day of barry big ears' coronation. IE - you would have really had something to cry about.
- Successful employers are not participation trophy organizations; welcome to the real world. If you lose a bigger office to another person, chances are you are not that valuable. If that is the case, then you better cowboy the **** up and figure out what you have to do to be better. Being this big of a whiner over an office is more than likely an indicator of how much of a pain in the ass you truly are.
If that doesn't work for you, there is one more solution:
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Did Lumbergh provide her with a can of bug spray for her new office?
:lmao:
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I'm laying in bed, I took a hydrocodone because of my neck/shoulder and watching Office Space. I'm turning into a DUmmie. :panic:
not really, you aren't collecting disability or mooching off me. :-)
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not really, you aren't collecting disability or mooching off me. :-)
Hmmm...now you are giving me ideas.
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I'm laying in bed, I took a hydrocodone because of my neck/shoulder and watching Office Space. I'm turning into a DUmmie. :panic:
Ya damn druggie :whistling:
I dropped a cinder block on my foot this morning about 6:30 or so. Looked for my bottle of Aleve. Couldn't find it but I did find my Methadone. So I took it,what the hey it was prescribed for pain.
No Office space though listened on the radio to some folks talking about the tornado damage recovery/cleanup in Oklahoma. They've had so many people show up to help it was hampering operations. there are still a bunch of good people out there.
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HAYYYYYYYYYYYYY HOLD A HOT MINUTE! One has her hydrocodone stolen and another is lying in bed watching The Office popping hydrocodone. I smell something fishy and it ain't me! :o
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Ya damn druggie :whistling:
I dropped a cinder block on my foot this morning about 6:30 or so. Looked for my bottle of Aleve. Couldn't find it but I did find my Methadone. So I took it,what the hey it was prescribed for pain.
No Office space though listened on the radio to some folks talking about the tornado damage recovery/cleanup in Oklahoma. They've had so many people show up to help it was hampering operations. there are still a bunch of good people out there.
One time I was sent to the ER by my doctor for something to do with my Autoimmune disease. I got a massive migraine while waiting in the ER. They gave me morphine when I was finially seen by a doctor and it didn't touch my headache. They kept giving me more and it didn't work. So I asked for ibuprofen. 30 minutes later my migraine was gone.
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HAYYYYYYYYYYYYY HOLD A HOT MINUTE! One has her hydrocodone stolen and another is lying in bed watching The Office popping hydrocodone. I smell something fishy and it ain't me! :o
...and I live in the same city. :-)
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I can't believe I just freaking read all of that.
I just wasted a few minutes of my life.
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Sounds like a future SSDI claim for office PTSD. That will help supplement her 401k retirement.
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I can't believe I just freaking read all of that.
I just wasted a few minutes of my life.
HAHA, I felt the same way after I read it. I was going to bold the section about her quitting to save folks some time, but decided against the assist.
I wanted everyone instead to fully appreciate the story of a misfit living the dream. :-)
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One time I was sent to the ER by my doctor for something to do with my Autoimmune disease. I got a massive migraine while waiting in the ER. They gave me morphine when I was finially seen by a doctor and it didn't touch my headache. They kept giving me more and it didn't work. So I asked for ibuprofen. 30 minutes later my migraine was gone.
These two "drugs" attack pain differently or at least that is my understanding. Morphine works by blocking pain receptors at the brain, not sure if that works for pain in the brain. Ibuprofen attacks pain by relieving swelling at the source. Could be that works better on brain pain. I used to wait to take Ibuprofen but now take it at the first sign of joint and muscle pain. The sooner, IMHO and anecdotal, the sooner the irritation is relieved which causes less damage so I heal quicker. Might just be because I believe in it but it works for me not to wait.
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I'm laying in bed, I took a hydrocodone because of my neck/shoulder and watching Office Space. I'm turning into a DUmmie. :panic:
DUmmies don't watch movies about work.
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DUmmies don't watch movies about work.
I just gave you a H5 for the hell of it.
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I lost my corner office one time. A new account manager relocated to our area to accommodate his wife's new job, and he would be working out of our office from now on. Since he was an account manager and needed a "nice" office in which to have clients in, he got my corner office since we lowly Business Analysts were lower on the totem pole. He was a real ass about it, busting in my still current office while I was in the middle of a conference call, so he could measure space for his credenza. Didn't knock or anything. Didn't wave hello or mouth an apology for his rudeness.
So...I moved to my smaller office, which was fine. But not before crumbling a cookie in the corners and along the baseboard of the office before I left it.
I was soooo sympathetic as he told me about how awful it was to come in every morning to find ants marching across his keyboard.
:tongue: :rotf:
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I've worked in offices that were everything from condemned WW II buildings that would burn to the ground in 2 minutes if they ever caught fire to a connex shipping container wired for internet and lights.
WTF is this DUmmie complaining about. :loser:
Working in that connex box set in a corner of the shop floor - which was only wired for power; I had to provide my own innerwebz/phone links to the outside world - was one of the best, most professional times of my life. I got more work done there - even with the fab/assembly crews coming in and out all the time for help - than I typically get working in the standard cube farm.
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That ****in douchette is a clam slurping bull dyke. She should just shut the **** up and take what they give her, and be happy. At least she has a ****in job, especially during this Obama depression.
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Working in that connex box set in a corner of the shop floor - which was only wired for power; I had to provide my own innerwebz/phone links to the outside world - was one of the best, most professional times of my life. I got more work done there - even with the fab/assembly crews coming in and out all the time for help - than I typically get working in the standard cube farm.
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Did you get that memo about the TPS report cover letters ?
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Did you get that memo about the TPS report cover letters ?
Yeah, I put it under my stapler.
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Yeah, I put it under my stapler.
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