Not OP but similar situation. > Do you have a manager you can sit down with for ten minutes and explain this dynamic to? Yes, he disagrees with my position.

Not OP but similar situation. > Do you have a manager you can sit down with for ten minutes and explain this dynamic to? Yes, he disagrees with my position. > It's possible your colleagues don't fully understand the implications of their actions My colleagues do fully understand. >...how dysfunctional some office environments are We just moved into an newly built open office plan RIGHT next to finance (finance has our "loud laugher", you know who I'm talking about). Someone thought this was a good idea....