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To be upset about being given the worst desk in the office?

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TeaTowelQueen · 14/07/2025 15:21

Been working for a small firm for 6mths, 16hrs a week doing basic admin. Additional person starting (18yr old apprentice) so had to have a desk shuffle. Told today via email that I will be moved to a small desk, on the end of a block, back to the door and every person in the office will be walking to and fro right behind me for the 4hrs a day I am there.

I really hate it, every time I look at the desk waiting for me I want to cry.

My head knows that I am the lowest in the pecking order (even below both apprentices it appears) and I only work part time. I know the younger ones (I am in my 50s) need more nurturing and that they are the future. I know that I am being unreasonable. But I can't stop feeling just awful about it.

Any coping advice out there?

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TwerkAndJerk · 14/07/2025 15:24

I think I'd be pretty happy not to have to look at all the numpties in the office, tbh. Try not to look at it as a measure of your worth! It's 4 hours a day to pay some bills, not the be all and end all of your existence.