No, I would not be happy with the putting away or rearranging. I have very careful piles of work to be done, already done, inprocess, etc.
Just lifting stuff up to wipe down would be SUPER nice but I don't expect that any more than I expect the security guard downstairs to come upstairs and give me a massage. lol.
No way. I know my desk is a hot mess, but I also know what is on there and it's there for a reason. If I had to go back and pull all of that stuff back out again, I would be seriously annoyed.
I do have a tray on my file cabinet with stuff that I intend to file at some point. I would LOVE if my admin went through that.
As a boss, I would be annoyed with my assistant for moving things around. I have a method to my madness!
I was formerly an EA and rule of thumb for EAs is NEVER touch the desk with the exception of designated items. My former boss and I had a system worked out where I could take and file documents placed in a specific location, but I never touched anything else.
Post by tripleshot on Dec 17, 2013 11:31:43 GMT -5
I would be pissed. Our cleaning company did this a few times and I went psycho. They rearranged all my piles of organized paperwork and I spent 2 hours rearranging
No way. I know my desk is a hot mess, but I also know what is on there and it's there for a reason. If I had to go back and pull all of that stuff back out again, I would be seriously annoyed.
I do have a tray on my file cabinet with stuff that I intend to file at some point. I would LOVE if my admin went through that.
This - word for word - down to the "stuff that I intend to file at some point" lol
Post by doctordonna on Dec 17, 2013 11:38:45 GMT -5
The only time I ever touch anything on my boss's desk is if he's asking me to find something for him in there and he gave me general directions on where to find it.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Post by juliahenry on Dec 17, 2013 11:43:47 GMT -5
I came in here to post a no, along with everybody else.
What I will add is that I don't even like to touch my assistant's desk. If I need it and can't find it, I really don't feel comfortable looking unless I absolutely have to.
My desk and papers are arranged in a certain way for a reason. If someone fucks with my arrangement, heads will roll.
Yep.
Plus I'd be pissed that by cleaning it, she basically implied my desk was dirty. Even if it is dirty (which it is), I'M the one who decides that it's dirty, and when and how it gets cleaned, lol.
OKAY GOOD. Because I thought I was nuts. My supervisor has somebody coming in to install a new workstation for her computer and when he got here this morning he said that she needed to move stuff around/clean some space off (there is stuff everywhere). So I let her know that when she got in, and she was all "Oh you could have done that." And seemed mildly irritated I didn't just clean it off for her. I had thought it would be GROSSLY inappropriate to take it upon myself to just....clean off her desk.