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Ugh, one of the offices I used to work in used such a white-noise "noise abatement system". It gave me terrible headaches that cleared up as soon as I started s
by kohanz 10y ago
Ugh, one of the offices I used to work in used such a white-noise "noise abatement system". It gave me terrible headaches that cleared up as soon as I started spending less time in that building. A good friend who designs buildings and such features told me this happens to 10-20% of people. The irony was that it was one of the quietest offices I'd ever worked in - nobody talked to anybody else!
- tominous 10y agoI used to work in an office which used fanless thin clients instead of normal desktop PCs. It was fantastic. Since then, normal offices filled with desktop fans have seemed almost painful to my ears. It makes a real difference by the end of the day.
- dzhiurgis 10y agoTo me it is the air conditioning fans that are roaring. Today modern laptops emit almost no sound. Also noise cancelling headphones was a good investment for me. Strange, that device created for use in helicopters proved so useful in office environment.
- tripzilch 10y agoIf you like, try playing this album some time, as background ambient music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfHCt5z1kd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfHCt5z1kd8 (Brian Eno - Neroli) Without fail, it makes everyone in the room talk more calmly, at a quieter volume. It's one of my favourite ambient albums ever (if anyone knows more of something quite like this, I'd love to hear suggestions). It even works on children, I work at a youth centre, just playing it over a relatively shitty PA can calm down an over-active morning in 5-10 minutes.