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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by birdyrooster on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:43PM (#21569341)
No. The noise is the businesses responsibility to resolve, not the individual employee. We need spaces which take the needs of employees into account first when creating work spaces, not finance people masquerading as office space gurus.
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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by jefftk on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:41PM (#21569732)
> The noise is the businesses responsibility to resolve, not the individual employee.

This may be a reasonable view for a large company, but they're talking about their experience at a three-person startup. At that scale if there's something that needs to be different you have to step up and change it yourself, and set the culture for the company you're building.

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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by CydeWeys on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:53PM (#21569808)
In a three person company, every problem is every person's responsibility to solve. Especially if you're the only one having that problem!
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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by mytailorisrich on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @04:24AM (#21571642)
Whatever the size of the company, noisy environment is usually the consequence of the choice of office space, as exemplified here.

An employee cannot change this, only suggest.

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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by seppin on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:05PM (#21569864)
This is one of the reasons I love small companies
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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by meddlepal on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:49PM (#21569375)
Sort of, the noise is also your problem to solve if you want to be productive and keep your job in the long term. It's not just the companies problem. Especially as more companies move to this model it's not like you can just leave for a different gig with quieter space as it might not exist.

Therefore you must also adapt.

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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by birdyrooster on Monday November 18, 2019 @09:14PM (#21570169)
If by adapt you mean quit, then it wouldn’t be the first time.
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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by Aeolun on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:32PM (#21569679)
It should be, but what do you think the chances are that that is actually going to happen?

Therefore it falls to yourself to improve your environment.

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