![]() ![]() Your Co-Worker’s Personal Call’s Distracting Or, if you pair regular old headphones with these free ambient noise sites, you’ll be on your way to tuning everyone out.Ģ. (But if you can’t, and want a reason to justify them beyond work, know that they’re awesome for traveling, too.) Even if you’re not someone who likes working with music on, the noise-cancelling feature sans sound works wonders.Īnd, if this purchase is not an option right now, you can try ear plugs or regular headphones, which are a distant second-but at least they’re inexpensive and helpful for muffling distracting sounds. With that said, they’re also not cheap, so if you can get your employer to spring for them as a necessary work-related expense, you won’t regret it. I discovered these Bose ear buds about six months ago, and I’ve never looked back. ![]() If Tim and Rita two desks down are having a riveting discussion on the latest marketing tools’ impact on traffic, you can’t very well shush them, and you certainly can’t ask your co-worker to take her sales call elsewhere just because you’d like some peace and quiet. This is the most obvious problem and not one that you can do much about, unfortunately. Here are five common issues you encounter and solutions for navigating them so that you can be your most productive self. But, because it seems as if the trend’s only growing, if you work in such an environment, there’s only one thing to do: Deal with it. The lack of privacy and noise are obviously problematic. A recent Fast Company article asserts that “Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory.” Moreover, the article states: “They’ve also been associated with high staff turnover.” The open office, at least a decade in the making now, has its critics. Like most open-office employees, I’m used to working on a computer mere inches from my colleagues. My experience with the cubicle no doubt made my transition to the wall-less environment less daunting than peers who’d grown used to occupying a space with physical boundaries, like a door. I might not have had a door to close, but I had makeshift walls around me, making the distractions few and far between. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was actually quite spacious, and, of course, it was private. ![]() The closest thing I’ve ever had to a regular office (read: non-open) was a nifty little cubicle.
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