Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 10917269)

I don't... Blanket everyone with my own perception... Our PhD students use headphones... No worries... They are concentrating in a crowded environment... Kevin HAS to have background noise when she is concentrating... I LOVE music myself.... When I worked on a malleable Iron belt at a engineering company headphones with music kept me sane (NO DONT BLOODY GO THERE)

Just having an off day... I'm pissed coz I am trying to train some one. She is new, in an office of 3 where communication is paramount.... There are lots of other "issues" but the straw today was the headphones.... Loud enough for both of us to hear.... She is in an environment where she could learn much by listening to the work related clinical conversations around her. And her English isn't SO good that she doesn't need to hear spoken English to help improve her own..... Frankly I found it bloody rude... Not to even ask what the Go is.... Just to stick them on full blast and only take them off when SHE wanted something.... And it's not like she is that young ..or what she is being asked to do is THAT onerous that she needs to block everyone else out....

Frankly I am bemused by lots of things about the whole thing and this is just one of them

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 10917269)

I don't... Blanket everyone with my own perception... Our PhD students use headphones... No worries... They are concentrating in a crowded environment... Kevin HAS to have background noise when she is concentrating... I LOVE music myself.... When I worked on a malleable Iron belt at a engineering company headphones with music kept me sane (NO DONT BLOODY GO THERE)

Just having an off day... I'm pissed coz I am trying to train some one. She is new, in an office of 3 where communication is paramount.... There are lots of other "issues" but the straw today was the headphones.... Loud enough for both of us to hear.... She is in an environment where she could learn much by listening to the work related clinical conversations around her. And her English isn't SO good that she doesn't need to hear spoken English to help improve her own..... Frankly I found it bloody rude... Not to even ask what the Go is.... Just to stick them on full blast and only take them off when SHE wanted something.... And it's not like she is that young ..or what she is being asked to do is THAT onerous that she needs to block everyone else out....

Frankly I am bemused by lots of things about the whole thing and this is just one of them

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 10917260)

I think that 'reason' depends on the kind of work you do. To blanket everyone's situation with your perception of how 'work' should be done is very short-sighted.

I got to the stage where I HAD to work from home because I was so unproductive in the office. Seriously, the noise was ridiculous for the kind of work I needed to do.

If someone had told me to work in the office AND banned earphones then I would not be employed there right now. As it is the higher management saw 'reason' and made some changes, and thankful are we.

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 10917308)

Me too. When I have something that requires real concentration I work from home. Twice a year I create a roster for 17 consultants across 3 hospitals. It would just not be possible to do that in the area where I work. I take a couple of days at home with no phones or interruptions from people.

I also do a lot of transcription in my job so have to wear headphones. Eddie has seen where I work - my desk is in a corridor in a clinical area where hundreds of people walk by every day. I wear noise cancelling headphones that look like what airport ground crew wear. :)

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 10917315)

Your noise canceling headphones don't stop randoms sticking their head over your partition and venting do they?

I think you need sound proofed, one way, bullet proof glass.....

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 10917308)

Me too. When I have something that requires real concentration I work from home. Twice a year I create a roster for 17 consultants across 3 hospitals. It would just not be possible to do that in the area where I work. I take a couple of days at home with no phones or interruptions from people.

I also do a lot of transcription in my job so have to wear headphones. Eddie has seen where I work - my desk is in a corridor in a clinical area where hundreds of people walk by every day. I wear noise cancelling headphones that look like what airport ground crew wear. :)

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 10917318)

No they don't stop random research types who come to "borrow" ECG dots. ;) I may need to get me a taser.

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 10917343)

You have my word of honor they WILL be returned :huh:

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 10917359)

Hey, no skin off my nose if there's no dots available when that STEMI comes through the door at 0230.

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10916977)

Depends on the situation.

If you have lots of individual efforts - different people working on different things at different times - and crass management has dumped them in one big room because it's cheaper, then yes, blocking out the noise of the office is obviously acceptable, even wise. Getting a clue about providing the right environment by management is also a priority.

If however they are supposed to be working as a team, and they are instead playing music to drown out the others - well then you have bigger problems than the music.

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 10917298)

Ah, I hear ya ... Yes, there are individual circumstances where it pays to be more switched onto what is going down around the place.

I guess it depends on the maturity and motivation of the individual. Even in the most trying times I tried to keep the communication free amongst the team, despite my personal performance being abysmal.

I have a history of being particularly sensitive to (noisy) distraction at work, hence my keen interest. If someone was just blocking with no good reason then there is cause to be concerned.

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 10917269)

I don't... Blanket everyone with my own perception... Our PhD students use headphones... No worries... They are concentrating in a crowded environment... Kevin HAS to have background noise when she is concentrating... I LOVE music myself.... When I worked on a malleable Iron belt at a engineering company headphones with music kept me sane (NO DONT BLOODY GO THERE)

Just having an off day... I'm pissed coz I am trying to train some one. She is new, in an office of 3 where communication is paramount.... There are lots of other "issues" but the straw today was the headphones.... Loud enough for both of us to hear.... She is in an environment where she could learn much by listening to the work related clinical conversations around her. And her English isn't SO good that she doesn't need to hear spoken English to help improve her own..... Frankly I found it bloody rude... Not to even ask what the Go is.... Just to stick them on full blast and only take them off when SHE wanted something.... And it's not like she is that young ..or what she is being asked to do is THAT onerous that she needs to block everyone else out....

Frankly I am bemused by lots of things about the whole thing and this is just one of them

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 10918437)

I really, really don't do headphones in public - going around normal activities: I like to be aware of what is going on around me. I want to be able to hear that nutter get on public transport - or that car building up speed around the corner. I don't like to isolate myself which is of course what so many people want to do.