Employers are rethinking open-plan office design

Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by jimbob45 on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:43PM (#23276077)

My workplace has a white noise generator built in to the ceiling (we track how long it takes new hires to figure out that it's not a really loud fan). During blackouts, it shuts off and we're amazed at the difference.

Long story short, talk to your boss about investing in one of these. It helps me a lot personally.

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by jsilence on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:50PM (#23276144)

White noise makes me tired quickly. So YMMV.

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by RonanTheGrey on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:24PM (#23278956)

Omg I'm not the only one. I've tried and tried and tried white noise and brown noise and pink noise and yellow noise and every kind of noise people can come up with, and I can't stand them. After 10 minutes my brain is screaming for silence, it's exhausting.

I've found rain sounds and ocean sounds to work alot better but of course they're easier to puncture.

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by beervirus on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:28PM (#23277269)

White noise is annoying, but ocean sounds might be nice.

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by servalan on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:49PM (#23276134)

You wouldn't know by chance what brand/model you are using?

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Re:Employers are rethinking open-plan office design by xxs on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:33PM (#23276616)

White noise is used to help people fall asleep

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