Waffling

[aroraborealis]

About a year and half ago, my office moved to a new building, where my officemate and I scored a nice office with a WINDOW. It's been really great to be able to see outside during the day, and I overlook the roof of the parking garage, and also the entrance to the daycare, so I get to make faces at the kids going by in the morning and evening.

Our group has shrunk a ton in the last year, and when we originally moved here, we split into two clusters in the building. Now Mack (the officemate) and I are the only ones left in our area, and there's an office for us in the other area, but it doesn't have a window. So our dilemma is whether or not to move to the new, windowless, cavelike office for the sake of group cohesion, or to stay on the periphery and keep the windows.

This is a hugely difficult decision, as both factors impact quality of life at work. We miss being around people in our group, and we feel like we're on the outskirts, but being able to see the weather has had an amazing impact on my mood, especially in the winter, when I basically don't otherwise see sunlight the rest of the time.

ARGH!

Comments

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

keep the window. Keeping your sanity is important.

[d3l1r1um.livejournal.com]

It would be a no-brainer for me, since I don't care for windows very much and keep my blinds closed 99.9% of the time anyway. However, most normal people seem to care about this whole air and big glowing thing in the sky and weather outside deal, so I can see how it would be tough to choose. How far is the current office from the rest of the group? I.e., is it a chore to walk over there and ask someone something, or is it a 30-second walk? Ultimately, I think if windows mean this much to you, you will miss them a lot and that would be a bad thing.

At least be thankful you're allowed to move at all... Two people in our group are split away because no offices were available nearby when they started, and now that offices are actually available, we're absolutely positively not allowed to move around because that incurs facilities costs due to moving phone lines/workstations/etc.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I definitely see this as a minor problem in the grand scheme of things. I mean, I have a job, I have options, etc. Still, it feels ilke a big struggle in the confines of that.

[d3l1r1um.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't think it's a minor problem. It's frustrating, so it's not minor to you. I was just saying that it's good to have options, even if you don't end up using them :)

Sometimes I do have to remind myself that wow, no matter how nasty my job's being, I still have one, and I am very thankful for that...