I don't know if it's still true but at one point it was said that unlike in the US, the corner office was a mark of shame, because you go into that office, you close the door, and from then on your interactions with the rest of the employees are curtailed.

You get that office not because you've done things they thought were great, but because you've done things they thought weren't and they want you to slow your roll. You're a fish in a bowl.