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So.....someone is taking my office
« on: April 16, 2012, 08:27:06 PM »
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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.

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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2012, 08:38:24 PM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 08:42:40 PM »
You should spread your "office" around DUmmie.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 08:44:01 PM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 08:52:04 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 16, 2012, 08:44:01 PM
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 08:57:09 PM »
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Oh geez.  You are moving offices, not having a leg amputated.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 09:04:36 PM »
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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?

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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2012, 09:06:00 PM »
Wait till the working public begins to learn how real wages have shrunk under owebuma.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2012, 09:07:59 PM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2012, 09:11:18 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on April 16, 2012, 09:07:59 PM
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2012, 09:12:36 PM »
This is from the Onion, right?
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2012, 09:16:05 PM »


EOM.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2012, 09:18:17 PM »
Where is my stapler ? ? ?
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2012, 09:21:52 PM »
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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!

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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!

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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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2012, 09:43:11 PM »
Quote from: miskie on April 16, 2012, 09:16:05 PM


EOM.

OhMehGod, I am laughing my ass off. H5  :rotf:
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2012, 10:33:24 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on April 16, 2012, 09:18:17 PM
Where is my stapler ? ? ?
 

You and Miskie are inside my head!

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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2012, 11:01:12 PM »
Quote from: miskie on April 16, 2012, 09:16:05 PM


EOM.

That's what I thought too.  :rotf:
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2012, 11:09:51 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on April 16, 2012, 10:33:24 PM
 

You and Miskie are inside my head!

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I suspect, it's up her ass! Prolly the only sex she's had in years!
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2012, 11:23:35 PM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2012, 12:36:32 AM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2012, 01:09:30 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on April 16, 2012, 08:38:24 PM
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2012, 01:18:20 AM »
Quote from: formerlurker on April 16, 2012, 08:27:06 PM
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     What. The. Eff????????????????????????? QUIT a job over an OFFICE?

     In THIS 0bama economy?

     WOW.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2012, 01:36:15 AM »
This DUmbass is demonstrating why a lot of people are reluctant to hire women for responsible jobs.
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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2012, 02:10:35 AM »
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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Re: So.....someone is taking my office
« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2012, 06:09:56 AM »
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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