that's what happens sometimes when your work pc is behind authenticated proxies and other (rather sad) snooping architecture that messes with urls and/or sessions. then the urls/sessions that are classified as suspect by these automated processes, end up messing with the url..and a session based server app that depends on non-messed urls ends up breaking the proper url train.
it's usually in (work) places like that that you're promised the earth in terms of harnessing your potential, but you end up mostly beating your head against the wall in reality. and in same places it's absolutely not what you know that gets you anywhere. so take heed and either stop complaining and live with it, or move jobs. otherwise what you and I would see as removal of evil roadblocks, ends up dragging you down, and ends up getting you noticed for complaining.