I don't like my desk at work. With the way my department is laid out, I'm sat with my back to most of my colleagues - the only exception being one part time agency worker. He's friendly, but I work part time too, and only one of our days overlap.
I've been feeling increasingly isolated and lonely at work, as any interaction with my colleagues (except above agency worker) means me getting up and wandering over to where they all sit, and I'm nervy about doing this too often in case it looks like I'm doing no work. Even when I need to go over there to talk about work.
One of my other colleagues has got a new job and is leaving next week. I'm wondering if I should ask my line manager if I can have his desk, as then I'll be sitting with my colleagues instead of apart from them.
I'm a bit nervous about doing this, partly because I'm a bit wimpy when it comes to asking for things, but also because my line manager was really slow and awkward the last time I asked to have my desk moved - and that time, I was sat in a portacabin all by myself on another site a few miles down the road, after my project work on that site had finished, all other staff had either moved back to main office or found new jobs, and the only reason for me to stay there was because my line manager didn't want to be bothered with asking IT to move my computer back to the main office. This time I've got a less good reason for wanting to be moved, as I'm in the main office.
WIBU to ask my line manager if I can have colleague's old desk once colleague has gone?