For the past 2 months, I've been having my own office. Before all the green monsters come out, I need to qualify that it's temporary.
I've been caretaking the Property section under my director's recently expanded sphere of influence until the new manager can come in. Come a week's time, I'll be relinquishing this office to him while I scurry back to my shared office where I've to fight tooth and nails to use the shared computer for even just a minute.
This little arrangement has also caused a slight delay in my job search, but hey, my temporary office is bigger than my director's! Can't complain about that.
Recently, a colleague from another department came looking for my assistance. I wasn't in the office but had kept the door wide open, as always.
Later, I received an email from her with her request and a kind warning to keep my door close when not around, in case something gets stolen.
Come on, with the most valuable thing (me) out of the office, what else is worth stealing?
I had to make a lengthy explanation to her regarding my practise of open door policy. After all, if I had closed my door, when I return, I've to pull out my keycard, slot it in and out of the lock, keep my keycard, pull down the handle, push open the door ... wah ... just thinking about it makes me tired already.
After all, all great managers practice open door policy, which is what I'm doing. I don't waste time doing irrelevant and troublesome stuff like opening doors when I can use that precious minute to do more important things. Like picking my nose.
posted by Cylee at
3:20 pm I