Help I work in an open office and my co-workers are so loud

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/work-it-out-career-advice-help-my-co-workers-are-so-loud.html

by cebert • 2 years ago

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JohnMakin2• 2 years ago

How is it not a recommendation to get noise cancelling headphones? There's so many brands out there where someone can be shouting directly into your ear and you can't hear it. There's also noise dampening on the input so it shouldn't come through to clients. (I work in a noisy office)

mingus88• 2 years ago

Yup, having been in this situation before you just buy some significant headphones

Either they are comically large full size over-ear headphones, so it is obvious you are in the zone

You get some IEM style in-ears that block literally everything and you ignore anyone walking up until they wave their hand in front of you

Either way, the act of taking off the headphones needs to be exhausting and take 30 seconds so whoever disrupted you doesn’t want to do it again frivolously

waltbosz• 2 years ago

Headphones make my ears hot. I couldn't wear them all day.

EA-3167• 2 years ago

I have a pair of Bose 700's that I bought in anticipation of a long hospital stay, and they were tremendous. For an office setting I think I'd go with the Sony version instead however, they have the "turn off noise cancellation when someone is calling your name" feature that probably is a necessity in an office setting. Either way, you can't imagine how effective these devices are these days until you try it, as you said, they just turn off the outside world to a great extent.

Headphones are also a signal to any reasonable person that you don't wish to be unnecessarily disturbed.

hindsightbias• 2 years ago

Don’t work for human voices

“ most active noise-cancelling headphones have a noticeable dip in usefulness right at the 1 kHz point. This is why ANC is better suited for reducing low, sustained sounds like those of motors and airplane engines, and it’s why such headphones can’t filter out screaming kids. ”

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/what-noise-cancellin...

JohnMakin2• 2 years ago

It does work though.

cebert• 2 years ago

I don’t want to wear headphones. I want a quiet working space like I do when I work from home.

user3939382• 2 years ago

Bose quiet comfort headphones or 3M ear muffs

DigitalHackOp• 2 years ago

My office is full of loud folks and it's really disruptive. My biggest issue is my tech lead will walk up behind me and pull off my headphones without any warning. It really startles me, so I've taken to not wearing anything and putting up as bast that I can with the noise

smegsicle• 2 years ago

file sexual assault charges

silok• 2 years ago

This is definitely some creepy behaviour by the tech lead, but how is it sexual assault? This just deflates the meaning of sexual assault to mean any kind of "uncomfortable assault"?

pfannkuchen• 2 years ago

That is incredibly weird, where do you live?

dekhn• 2 years ago

Can't tell if you're trolling or serious, or what your specific situation is, but you should be either telling your tech lead to please stop doing that, or asking your manager or HR to tell them. This is not acceptable behavior in a normal workplace.

happytoexplain• 2 years ago

I know this is a form a victim-blaming, but the other party isn't here, so I can only address you: You can not treat this behavior in the way you've described. Every time somebody accepts victimhood even in small ways, it hurts everybody.

Basic, "default" levels of respect for people is the most foundational layer of humanity. For the sake of society, do not accept petty acts of disrespect.

TheCleric• 2 years ago

This is NOT okay. I can’t imagine touching someone else or something that they are wearing on their person in the workplace (unless there is some good reason otherwise), and vice versa.

musicale• 2 years ago

so I've taken to not wearing anything

Well that's one solution.

Two4• 2 years ago

Next time they do that, scream. Like, actual-cannibal-shia-lebeouf scream. They won't do it again in a hurry.

freitzkriesler2• 2 years ago

Get some ear pods that have active noise cancelling. Only way to survive.

cosmotic• 2 years ago

You might be extra sensitive to noise, and if so, you'd be entitled to reasonable accommodations from your employer.

Help I work in an open office and my co-workers are so loud

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