Office Noise Is Distracting And Disturbing

Working in an office is supposed to mean that you can count on your colleagues to assist you in brainstorming and solving difficult problems. However, reality is not so sweet in all offices. 80% of dedicated workers report their inability to concentrate on their jobs because of the noise created by their co-workers. Well, in such situations, it is natural that you begin to wonder whether having co-workers is of any use at all!

Nevertheless, posing that particular question is not going to help you since you cannot fire an individual from your corporation for making too much noise in the workplace if you are not the firm’s owner. For that reason, you need to find viable ways to eliminate the distracting sounds rather than those who are creating them.

Start looking for a workable remedy by letting your manager know the nature of the problem your workers cause. Then he will realize that you find it difficult to concentrate in a noisy environment and that the current situation may lead to less than optimal work outcomes.

You should confront your noisy coworker only after a talk with the boss. Nobody likes feeling attacked or intentionally embarrassed. Therefore, be nice but direct. If your coworkers are reasonable people, as most probably are, they will understand once you have explained the problem.

If the coworker that is causing the noise disturbance doesn’t recognize their behavior as a problem, then it may be best to speak directly to their supervisor. It is a supervisor’s job to step in with solutions and learning opportunities for employees directly beneath him or her. It becomes their responsibility to speak with the coworker who is being a nuisance. In most cases, coworkers will amend their behavior after being spoken with by their supervisor.

Lastly, you should consider investing in a ‘white noise’ system to drown out distracting office noises. The speech privacy systems like these can replace your coworker’s distracting noises with soothing sounds which help you to remain focused and stay on task.

Working in an office is supposed to mean that you can count on your colleagues to assist you in brainstorming and solving difficult problems. However, many dedicated workers report their inability to concentrate on their jobs because of the noise created by their co-workers. Well, knowing that problem won’t provide you relief from your quagmire because you can’t oust someone from a company for causing office noise. You may want to get yourself a speech privacy, or ‘white noise’, system. These systems can help cover up much of the distracting noise that comes from a busy office.

- Frank Barnett

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