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When I returned from a short vacation, I found that my office had been moved from one part of the building to another. I never had been told about this, and no one else's office was moved. I am furious. I told my manager and he said that it just needed to be done. Does this sound right to you?



There can be some good reasons for management to move an employee's office when the employee is not present, but most are related to disasters such as earthquakes, fires, or monsoons. When management unilaterally moves an employee's office under most other circumstances, it simply causes a disaster.

Even if your manager is somehow correct and your office just needed to be moved, whatever that means, there still should have been communication with you regarding this prospect.

Looking at the bigger picture, you need to ask yourself if this kind of treatment is typical of the way that your company is run. If this is some sort of an aberration, it will be important for senior management to understand your dissatisfaction with the process, as well as your desire to be directly involved in any such decisions in the future. At the same time, if this moving experience is typical of the way that things are done in your company, you need to decide if you can live with this managerial style, or if it is time for you to move.





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