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In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles
- vbuwivbiu 8y agowithout the physical boundary which matters
- iwasakabukiman 8y agoPeople are trying to recreate the barriers that were removed. I don’t blame them. I know that an open office environment is absolutely not for me. I value being able to close my door and focus on my work without others bothering me. It also means that I don’t have to constantly spend energy worrying that everyone will see every single thing that’s on my computer screen.
- leesec 8y agoYeah, my current choices are music in headphones or office noise, neither of which is silence, which is a shame.
- doyoulikeworms 8y agoHow do you feel about earplugs? A pair of high quality earplugs can do wonders, though I only know this because I had a coworker that swore by them. I prefer in-ear headphones and music, personally.
- joezydeco 8y agoMy new office is full of people with wireless noise-cancelling headphones. Which sounds pleasant until people start firing up conference calls with other remote workers. The lack of auditory feedback to the ears results in people talking 2 or 3 times louder than if they were on a wired telephone (and we have none of those). I complain about the noise level and the response from management has been “well, maybe you should get some noise-canceling headphones” This is fucking madness.
- AvocadoPanic 8y agoIt's poor planning. Sidetone is the feedback they're missing and is adjustable in some systems.
- joezydeco 8y agoSome, but not all. So it’s no help at all.