Are your employees slaves to sound?

Slave to sound

It makes sense to cut costs where you can, especially in this declining economy.  That’s why you have a very efficient cubicle office.  The downside is that without doors, each of your employees is a slave to every word and sound that is emitted in that office…whether they want to be or not.  In fact, more than 70% of surveyed workers said that they could be more productive at work if there were fewer distractions. 

Sound masking

A Cornell study found that, “as sound levels increase, the complexity of the task one can complete generally decreases.”  This means that as the office comes to life, your employees’ ability to concentrate dies. Fortunately, the article didn’t stop there: “the most prevalent way of dealing with excessive noise is through the introduction of an artificial masking noise.”  Like white noise, sound masking cancels out the typical, yet highly distracting sounds found in every American work place, without the aggravating buzz. 

While you can’t make your employees play the quiet game, you can control the role that auditory distractions play in your office.  Contact us to see if a Speech Privacy System is the right fit for your distracted employees.

Mardex, J. (2004).  Auditory, visual, and physical distractions in the work place.  Retrieved August 14, 2009, from  http://www.scribd.com/doc/13038258/Auditory-visual-and-physical-distractions-in-the-workplace