Went into the office, all my stuff has been chucked out!

[CallieOp]

I’m perched on the end of a windowsill/shelf thing, my desk has been given to someone else and all my stuff is gone. Only explanation I’ve been given is shrugged shoulders and “sorry don’t know where it is”. This is my personal stuff, an expensive mouse, a Emma Bridgewater mug, a pen my children gave me years ago.

Was told to WFH two months ago but have been saying I need to come back in as there is stuff I have to be on site for. Manager has ignored all emails, never picks the phone up. I sent another email last week saying I have to come in as will miss a deadline otherwise, got a reply saying “come in then we will find somewhere for you”.

Come in to no desk (someone else sat there now), no stuff and manager just “well can you sit there, you aren’t going to be long are you”, pointing at the fucking windowsill!

Email HR. You need to find your stuff!

@Alicatz66

Sound the alarm !!! The Emma Bridgwater mug has gone !!!! ... .. engage a human rights barrister .. crowd fund ..

Oh come on, the op said she knew it wasn't a big deal in the scheme of things but some items have sentimental value and they should not just be lost but put in a box, labelled and stored somewhere.

I have spoken to managers manager once before. Managers manager then copied my email to manager and said can you respond to Callie as she says she can’t get a reply from you blush. Manager told me not to email her manager again.

That's definitely an HR issue. Needed an email at the time, sending all the comms to HR saying 'please advise on what to do here'.

I head up a NHS HR team. The things people think are our responsibility is eye raising on a daily basis. The mugs of staff working from home is a new one though!*

It's not the mugs per se though, is it? It's the piss poor staff management, both in terms of welfare & productivity. The fact that you can't see why it's an HR issue tells us all we need to know about people management in the NHS.
Couldn't agree more with this.

Any news yet of your belongings?

This is so awful!

Request a meeting with HR and your managers manager

Sorry but your belongings are your responsibility. When I found out I'd be working from home "for a few weeks" as we were originally told, I took all personal belongings home and so did my colleagues. It's a global pandemic, it's pretty obvious that all workplaces would be going the extra mile to keep everything cleaner than usual, including doing regular deep cleans of everything. The items can't be that sentimental if you left them on your desk at work. I guard my crappy free pen with my life, at the end of each work day, it would go straight in my bag.

The incompetence of your manager is quite bad though, it sounds like you need to consider your options. You could raise a grievance but then that could make things awkward for you if you continue to work there. It's a rubbish situation and I hope things improve for you