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[quote=Anonymous]People's responses on here are nuts. People are reading way too much into the minor things OP has actually cited.

First, my impression is that OP is asking to change a single in-office day to a telework day.  Not that this is a perpetual change. Or in addition to other WFH days.  But that in one single week, s/he asked to change her typical [Tuesday] telework day to Thursday.  This is a very reasonable request.

For those harping on OP to just come in early and figure it out.... that would presumably also require permission from a supervisor. Seems just as reasonable to request a single one time change.  This is not a crazy request.

For the desk thing, I agree that OP should have been more clear in communication about this, and it appears that her supervisor believes s/he is not in the office for 8 hours a day. That is a problem. I believe OP is in the office for 8 hours a day doing work.  If OP is young, this is a lesson that you will learn that you need to communicate that kind of stuff up front (and apparently in some offices, even ask for the permission).  Fwiw, I am a super successful attorney in my 40s, and I remember doing something like this is my first summer internship - for a single afternoon, moving from my assigned crappy cubical that was essentially in a hallway to an extra desk in an area with a lot of other interns. My supervisor was pissed she couldn't find me (despite me having no substantive work to do). I learned my lesson. (I also learned I never wanted to be in a job where people are tracking you....)

If OP's supervisor is creating a paper trail, either they are very pissed about the desk thing *or* OP is underperforming in other aspects of his/her job.

But people, ease up off OP for some of this stuff. You're all acting like insane managers.  [/quote]

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