Moving day
Today our office is moving from the big, spacious and more-than-half empty building we've been occupying in Wallingford for five years (me, only the last three-and-a-half) to a much smaller, compact and cheaper suite in Meriden.
I'm going to miss my big desk, window and well, space. I'm definitely going to miss space. The cubicles (no more office for me!) are less than 7x7.. and the unfortunate choice of furniture fills them quite completely. I'll be lucky if I don't bruise my knees when rotating in my chair. I think the addition of a keyboard tray will make me sit in a hallway. I'll find out tomorrow.
Perhaps it won't be as bad as it seemed from the floor plan.. but.. I'm not holding my breath.
My area was assigned the number 13 for the move.
Comments
Look on the bright side, your new desk may not have a chip off the corner ;-)
Posted by: Danne | August 25, 2004 09:01 PM
Your name on that chair gives off a feeling of..
"My chair! Mine! Touch and [insert certain expelitives here]!"
I'm sure its the font..
How far away is the new office?
Posted by: david | August 26, 2004 09:46 AM
Beats being downsized. Given the choice between "everybody gets let's space in a cheaper building" or "we're packing up shop and moving to XXX where the salaries are less" or "we're letting a few people go", I'd choose the small office space. If the company wants to pinch pennies, they'll find a way to pinch pennies. Some ways are more tolerable than others.
My (former) employer decided to save a few bucks by cutting raises, and then switching insurance plans so that we had to pay for our insurance (previously employees didn't have to pay). The net result was an effecive pay cut.
Of course, the president's salary has more than doubled in recent years because he's very good a finding ways to save money ...
Posted by: Paul | August 26, 2004 04:39 PM
Ironically, over the weekend my company is moving into our new office, and I'm going to be moving from a cubicle into an office. Must be some kind of 'conservation of geeks in offices' thing at work...
Posted by: Garrett | August 26, 2004 06:49 PM
David, it's about a 5-10 min shorter commute, depending on what time I leave the office (traffic).
Posted by: kasia | August 27, 2004 11:02 PM
Hi. Could you sen me a gmail invitation? thanks a lot.
Posted by: lee | September 12, 2004 05:37 PM