And now...

[mapsedge]

...I have my own office.  After spending close to five years locked in an office with DataGuy, I found a way out.

Oh, yes, Bill can be Machiavellian when he chooses to be.

Our sales girl, hereinafter referred to as SalesGirl, is a sweet kid and pretty good at what she does but she spends a good deal of time on MySpace...or texting on her cell phone...or talking to friends on the phone.  Since she came here she had her own office - really the only space that was available at the time - which gave her the freedom to do so. 

Personally, I think we've grown more - and explored the possiblity of growth more - than before she was here, but CFO's not taking a paycheck yet and doesn't see why she should if she's going to blow so much time.  He was talking about firing her.  That would have been bad.

So, I suggested to DataGuy (who is also SalesGuy), "Hey, why not move her in here?  I'll take the server room, and you can monitor what she does day to day."  Then I shut up, and let the seed take root.

So here I am, in my own dark quiet space.  My back is no longer to the door.  I've got a scented tart on the mug warmer, and I'm all by my lonesome.

It's strictly on a trial basis, I understand that.  I can't let my productivity slack off.  But the wheels turn slowly here, and maybe it'll be another five years.

Comments

[tapestry01.livejournal.com]

Good for you! For my first tech job, my employer didn't have an office for me, so they put me in a storage closet. Then, they figured a closet was too big for me, so they put a wall in the middle, with me on one side and storage on the other. My first office was half a closet.

LOl

[wyckedgood.livejournal.com]

Go you!

[iarraidh.livejournal.com]

The place I worked before, we 3 techs each had a desk.
Those desks were lined up against a wall - of a hallway.
The only thing that made it possible was chairs with wheels, so if we were in the office we constantly went back and forth like a set of swings on a breezy day.
The bossman said we weren't supposed to be in the office, anyway; although he always had reason to pull us back in to do - deskwork.

This company provided me with something I never had before.
My own cube with furniture nobody else had used before.

Now I'm in my own basement in my shorts and T-shirt.

Always improving :)