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Perhaps it's some sort of the Stockholm syndrome but I am now at the point where the open office noise has become white noise. And it is making me perform bette
by systemtest 8y ago
Perhaps it's some sort of the Stockholm syndrome but I am now at the point where the open office noise has become white noise. And it is making me perform better. The constant chatter, ringtones, speakerphones, toilets flushing, coffee beans grinding, printers buzzing. There is a rhythm to it. It's a living organism of sound.
Who am I kidding, anyone need a Java/Kotlin back-end developer?
- grigjd3 8y agoYou can hear toilets flushing? Yuck.
- yitchelle 8y agoHopefully, the other toilet noises are quieter.
- systemtest 8y agoThe worst part is hearing a toilet flush and watching a co-worker walk out seconds later.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoEveryone poops. There's even a book about it, though most people read it as a toddler. Now, if you frequently hear a flush without hearing the running water from the sink, that's a problem.
- wccrawford 8y agoI think you missed the "seconds later" part. Even if they run water after flushing, they haven't done it more than a second or 2, and thus have barely gotten their hands wet. They haven't even come close to cleaning anything.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoShit, good point. Me no read good yesterday.
- bazooka_penguin 8y agoOh you haven't heard two flushes followed by the sound of someone dipping their hands into the bowl, followed by splashing and rubbing. And then a manager walks out and makes suspicious hand movements towards you before you skedaddle
- satokema_work 8y agoNo, the worst part is that you're standing in the kitchen when this happens.
- maxxxxx 8y agoReminds me of the Naked Gun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPy2lwCsbaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPy2lwCsbaA
- maxxxxx 8y agoThe crazy thing about open office is that after a while you forget how it was to work on something uninterrupted and being able to think something through.
- bshipp 8y agoI think it's very much workplace-centric. The new manager who implemented this open office system came from a commodity sales background, so having all of these salespeople in the same room increased communication efficiency. However, this workplace is not in sales. We are much more on the regulatory side, which means we're dealing with private information. Previously we did a pretty good job of maintaining information security by compartmentalizing issues to those individuals who needed to know. Now, although still handcuffed by the same privacy legislation, we're expected to have these private conversations beside each other in a single room. How comfortable is the person on the phone going to feel about releasing private information if they can overhear everyone else's conversation in the background? Again, I reiterate that these people aren't leaving because of the open office space concept. Removing all of the walls in the office just happened to also remove any reason to stick it out and try to work through the other problems.
- Anthony-G 8y agoI get the impression systemtest was making a general comment rather than responding to your comment specifically. The (highly amusing) lyrical waxing struck me as tongue-in-cheek – and not directly related to your particular workplace. In any case, I wish you the best of luck. Your situation sounds horrible.
- loco5niner 8y agoFYI - systemtest was using satire...
- tmm84 8y agoSome of the other noises I hear are microwaves, humidifiers, outside noise (when the window is open), the grunting printer and the constant gargle of the water cooler.