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Studies indicate it is more than that. Control of your environment, visual distractions, even airborne illnesses all are a factor as well. I do agree the quiet

by RogerL 11y ago

Studies indicate it is more than that. Control of your environment, visual distractions, even airborne illnesses all are a factor as well. I do agree the quiet is required; I'm not countering your point, just adding to it.

mitchty 11y ago
My biggest annoyance is having people behind me. I can't get rid of that prey feeling of being watched. Super annoying and distracting feeling. That and motion in the periphery of the rods always serves to get noticed. Headphones also eventually mat down your hair and no matter how comfortable hurt your head after more than a few hours. If these are the "walls" of modern offices, we might as well go back to having a guy atop a chair reading to all us factory workers.
- RogerL 11y ago
  Ya, I mostly gave up on the headphones. I know correlation is not causation, but I've started to get ringing in my ears (the more likely causation is age). I don't do high volume, but these are my ears, no company gets to eff with them. If companies want low productivity and high dissatisfaction, why, they will get it. It's absurd, but its where we are.
  - mtviewdave 11y ago
    I don't think ringing in the ears is a normal part of growing older. I would urge you to get that checked out by your doctor.
  - artmageddon 11y ago
    You're right that no company should eff with your ears indeed, but You may want to see an ENT doctor for your hearing. That's a little concerning and will only get worse(and not just because of age).
- zimpenfish 11y ago
  Until last week, I was sat next to someone who drummed his fingers on the desk, drummed his feet on the floor, and swung on his chair like it was a playground ride. My productivity has shot up since I've moved away from him.
Zigurd 11y ago
Sure, you can have other distractions, too. Even libraries can be distracting if people forget to turn off their phone ringers, it's too crowded, etc. The office environments that I have seen that are successful have team rooms, sometimes on a separate floor, do the traffic in and out of them is also separated, and a "hot desk" area where only quiet individual work is permitted.

by RogerL 11y ago

mitchty 11y ago

My biggest annoyance is having people behind me. I can't get rid of that prey feeling of being watched. Super annoying and distracting feeling. That and motion in the periphery of the rods always serves to get noticed. Headphones also eventually mat down your hair and no matter how comfortable hurt your head after more than a few hours. If these are the "walls" of modern offices, we might as well go back to having a guy atop a chair reading to all us factory workers.

RogerL 11y ago
Ya, I mostly gave up on the headphones. I know correlation is not causation, but I've started to get ringing in my ears (the more likely causation is age). I don't do high volume, but these are my ears, no company gets to eff with them. If companies want low productivity and high dissatisfaction, why, they will get it. It's absurd, but its where we are.
- mtviewdave 11y ago
  I don't think ringing in the ears is a normal part of growing older. I would urge you to get that checked out by your doctor.
- artmageddon 11y ago
  You're right that no company should eff with your ears indeed, but You may want to see an ENT doctor for your hearing. That's a little concerning and will only get worse(and not just because of age).
zimpenfish 11y ago
Until last week, I was sat next to someone who drummed his fingers on the desk, drummed his feet on the floor, and swung on his chair like it was a playground ride. My productivity has shot up since I've moved away from him.

Zigurd 11y ago

Sure, you can have other distractions, too. Even libraries can be distracting if people forget to turn off their phone ringers, it's too crowded, etc. The office environments that I have seen that are successful have team rooms, sometimes on a separate floor, do the traffic in and out of them is also separated, and a "hot desk" area where only quiet individual work is permitted.