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Anecdotal but when I was working at a company where I had a private office I was still getting interrupted by phone calls. Calls that would last 10-20 seconds,
by kyriakos 10y ago
Anecdotal but when I was working at a company where I had a private office I was still getting interrupted by phone calls. Calls that would last 10-20 seconds, that type of conversations in an open space wouldn't be as distracting. The fact that I had to hear the ring pick up the phone to talk made it worse. Oh and the phones had no mute setting you could only set them to a low volume.
So even private offices can be a problem. What I'm trying to say is that the issue is the office culture and communication policy that makes the difference and not the office layout.
- ams6110 10y agoUnplug the phone when you want to focus.
- kyriakos 10y agoThat really didn't make the bosses happy. I quit for other reasons but looking back to it this could have also been one of them.
- opo 10y ago>...I was still getting interrupted by phone calls. Calls that would last 10-20 seconds, that type of conversations in an open space wouldn't be as distracting. Think about the other people around you. When you are getting phone calls in a private office you are not distracting them from your work - every phone call you get in an open floor plan will be distracting to everyone around you.