I have a dilemma. In our current office arrangement two offices have opened up if I shuffle some people around.
I have two employees in my department that share an office. One has worked in his role for ~5 years and the other has worked for ~3 years. The less experienced employee primarily works as a software developer and is having trouble being interrupted constantly due to the office location. (it's right near our help desk)
The more experienced employee does not have as much of an issue getting interrupted.
However, the experienced employee also prefers not to move to the second office that has come available. If he stays in the office he is currently in I will have to move other, more transient employees, to share with him.
Should I be worried of the perception of the younger employee getting a private office yet the more senior employee has to share one? The scope of their roles and responsibilities are obviously different but I'm considering office politics as well.