An Office Dilemna

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Here is an added perspective.

We are getting a new building that will be my new first office. In our current building, the offices are relatively spacious, maybe 230 square feet. Almost all have windows, but the views range from ordinary to horrid. In the new building we will all have unobstructed views of the river. Pretty nice. But the offices will only be 150 square feet. Most of the faculty are kind of unhappy about giving up their spacious offices, despite the much better views.

That's very interesting.

As a followup question, I'll ask something that may or may not be specific to your faculty.

Do you think they're really valuing the space over the views and are unhappy because of that, or are they merely unhappy that there's a tradeoff that was made instead of improvement in all areas?

And does the fact that there's change at all make them unhappy, which may impact their views? Or does change produce more happiness, which is tempering their unhappiness about the specifics?