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I have experience with them in two places, one good and one bad. The bad experience had no separation between the engineers, kitchen or sales people. Sales ten
by zdragnar 5y ago
I have experience with them in two places, one good and one bad.
The bad experience had no separation between the engineers, kitchen or sales people. Sales tend to be extra noisy- high energy, always on the phone, etc. Kitchens are also loud for the obvious reason.
In my good experience, we had physical separation from anything not engineering. People moved and talked around you, but it wasn't obnoxious and frequently informative to overhear.
Of course, I wouldn't give up working from home for anything, so it has become a moot point.
- cableshaft 5y agoEven at the 'good' example you state when engineering was separate from other departments, I would still find that there could be 4-6 different conversations being held within a few feet of me at various times in the day (every day) at a recent job I had. And usually there was at least 1 or 2 conversations within earshot for most of the day. I had no choice but to where headphones in order to drown out the conversations to focus. A year and a half ago I developed a constant Tinnitus in my left ear, and I suspect that job contributed to it. So that's fun, and something I get to deal with for the rest of my life. Thanks open office.