White Noise
Elizabetharess
179 Posts
We have an ee who has complained to me about the noise around her office. She has shut her door but is still distracted by the comings and goings outside her office. It is a very busy space and we are going to renovate for more privacy but presently we have meetings outside her office. There is a generally good atmosphere on our side of the building and we talk freely with one another on work topics that are not private. It might entail talking at someone's door not going into their office.
This ee has also told me she is distracted by the hum of her computor and in past jobs she had trouble working in work stations.
Any ideas out there on white noise applications on a shoe string budget? I have looked up and found some CD's advertised and was wondering if they are effective.
Thanks
This ee has also told me she is distracted by the hum of her computor and in past jobs she had trouble working in work stations.
Any ideas out there on white noise applications on a shoe string budget? I have looked up and found some CD's advertised and was wondering if they are effective.
Thanks
Comments
Shirley
I am wondering whether this person is a chronic complainer. If so, once you deal with the noise issue, what will be the next problem that keeps them from being productive?
Personally, I would have THEM recommend a solution. If its affordable and reasonable, let them try it. If its their idea, its more likely it will "work".
It may also discourage future complaints if they realize you aren't going to solve their problems for them.
Good luck!
I did find cd's but I also know that some companies go to great lengths to work with white noise and was wondering if anyone out there has worked with acoustics, walls, plants anything.
[url]http://www.bose.com/controller?event=view_product_page_event&product=qc2_headphones_index[/url]
They are $300 but they come with a money back 30 day trial.
You can use them to either play music or just for reducing that pesky office noise.
If you aren't familiar with Bose, they make superior audio products.
This headphones work well. You can barely hear your employees complaining after you put them on.
Actually, I'm wondering... if she's whining about the hum of her computer, she'll freak out if you add white noise!
>This headphones work well. You can barely hear
>your employees complaining after you put them
>on.
I agree that the employee should give her suggestions, and a supervisor can approve/deny. I wouldn't approve anything that I wouldn't want anyone else to have. Imagine the entire office getting to wear headphones just because one person was allowed to.
We once had a proofreader who required white noise for concentration. It always put me to sleep.
I've also heard of more expensive outfits that medical professionals use, especially when they have confidentiality concerns.
And you could always try a cone of silence.
Brad Forrister
VP/Content
M. Lee Smith Publishers
I still think "White Noise" was a roller derby star from New Jersey in the mid seventies.
>I still think "White Noise" was a roller derby
>star from New Jersey in the mid seventies.
I would have sworn that was the name of last year's Eminem tour.
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My favorites where "Sandra Day O'Clobber" and "Lucille Ballbreaker".
Can you say "Ballbreaker" on this forum?