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I've enjoyed working in an open-plan office until recently, mostly because of our growth. As I write this the person next to me is on the phone having a distra
by furyg3 14y ago
I've enjoyed working in an open-plan office until recently, mostly because of our growth.
As I write this the person next to me is on the phone having a distracting conversation (about one of our projects), someone is engaged in a dramatic battle with the nearby printer, two guys across the aisle are making jokes about a difficult vendor, some guests arrived, and it also sounds like someone is playing frisbee with plates in the kitchen, without much success.
At the moment my headphones can't help and serve only a symbolic function. Instead of fighting the waves of distraction I decide to roll with it an refresh HN...
- jon_black 14y agoHehe. That sounds familiar. I have sound isolating ear-buds which do a decent job of blocking out noise. Somtimes, however, even my own music is distracting. In a previous job my desk was next to the printer. You can imagine how that was.
- aurelianito 14y agoI also find same-project talks really distracting. And the most complicated thing is that those talks are needed. It is easy to request someone to use headphones instead of speakers but, how could I request other people not to work on their assigned tasks?
- Anderkent 14y agoIndustrial ear muffs over earbuds with music/white noise helps quite a bit, though finding comfortable ones is not easy.