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Working in an overcrowded cubicle office space
Dool | Dec 7 2006
Hello all, I work within a large multinational institution. Several of our divisions have now all moved into one large open office space in a series of cubicles. My question is: Can anyone offer any tips to encourage staff to keep their noise levels down and appreciate people around them. Everyone will be in this area by Monday and I am pre-empting a chaotic mess, particularly since we have people from more than a dozen cultures packed in together. Just wondering if any one has any best practices for dealing with this? I've got some ideas but wondered if there were any others before I recommend them to the incoming swarm?? Cheers, Dool 9 Comments
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 White noise?Submitted by SteveC on December 9, 2006 - 8:23am.
Many years ago (about thirty!) my dad occasionally visited what was then the largest open plan office in Europe. He told me that they used a white noise generator to cut down on the disturbance caused by the chatter, telephones and so on. You didn' realise it was on until 6.00 when it was switched off -- the place then became very quiet. I've never heard of this technique being used since. Anyone else ever come across it? Does it work? Steve » POSTED IN:
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