Opinion ID: 2994928
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Krause Moves

Text: Shortly thereafter, on March 6, 1998, Delagrave informed Krause that he had decided to grant her long-standing request to move her work space from the front office to the back office, explaining that the move resulted from his recent observation of a certain amount of tension in the front office. On March 10, 1998, Delagrave issued Krause a letter of reprimand, which stated in part: This will confirm our discussion Friday regarding relocation of your work space. I am putting this in writing so that there are no misunderstandings as to what is taking place. As I mentioned, I have specifically taken the opportunity to observe the front office area for the last 2 weeks. I was extremely disappointed at your level of professionalism, lack of courtesy and consideration given to departmental coworkers as well as the lack of effort to be a departmental team player. I expect more from you and so should you. You have left me no choice but to relocate your work space in order to ease office tension. As soon as arrangements can be made, you will be able to occupy your new space. I have made you aware of possible conflicts and problems in doing this relocation; auditors, census workers, and interns sharing work space, printer noise, different equipment, and location of data that must be shared by everyone in the department (most of which will have to remain in the front office area until we can work out another solution) all of which you have acknowledged. In response to Delagrave’s letter, Krause gave Finance Director Pfaff a letter dated March 23, 1998, explaining that she was pleased to move to the back office, but objected to the criticism accompanying the move: This letter is in response to the letter (see attached), written by Wayne Delagrave on March 10th, regarding my relocation of work space: (sic) On Friday, March 6th, Wayne asked for a moment of my time to step into his office. He stated to me (in a positive tone) that he had been observing my professionalism in the office for the last couple of weeks (since my merit review took place). He further stated that after observing me he had decided to grant my request (which I have made during each and every merit review for the last six years) to move from the front office to the back unutilized area.