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re: Noisy neighbours

Chris Young — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:24:45 GMT

Some really good points made here. Some people find it very easy to work with background noise and others find it very hard. I'm afraid that the move to open plan has reduced the productivity of the latter group.

re: Bah Humbug!

sulagna mandal — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:34:30 GMT

good

re: Noisy neighbours

Jack Merton — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:25:27 GMT

I agree, it is sometimes difficult to concentrate with a load of background noise. There is strict 'silence' in a library for a reason. Maybe a good solution is to have a quite library type area to work in also.

re: Noisy neighbours

David Swan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:54:53 GMT

This is an interesting question. Does open plan office space increase or reduce staff efficiency? It will definitely promote employee communication but is it good (work related) communication or just meaningless chat/banter. Closed door office space probably helps with concentration also but I'm undecided.

re: Noisy neighbours

Hayley Stopford — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:43:14 GMT

If you or any of your co-workers have concerns about your hearing, you can do a free, quick, online hearing check on the charity RNID website:: www.rnid.org.uk/hearingcheckaug

This will let you know if their hearing is within the 'normal' range or not.

Hope it is helpful for some of you out there.

Best wishes

Hayley

re: Nothing but the Truth

The Suit — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:35:33 GMT

Noted ;-)

re: Noisy neighbours

lisa griffin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:24:23 GMT

reading your blgos , they quite funny they make me laugh, sounds like a good sitcom, lol

re: Inbox Hell

Sian Harrington — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:24:17 GMT

I tend to go for the "I am out of the office and will delete your email without reading it on my return" message. Otherwise I have to spend a week catching up after a holiday. Anything that is time sensitive should not be emailed anyway - a phone call is all if takes. As it is, I usually log on at the weekend to clear emails. PRs take note.