Sound Masking for Open Plan Offices
Open plan offices often have a bad reputation, particularly with noise and privacy issues and there have been multiple articles and news pieces on how open plan offices can be bad for collaboration. It was found that 61% of UK Office Workers say that they are interrupted by noise at least five to ten times a day.
Here at the Remark Group, we are strong advocates for the open plan office, when it is designed with acoustics in mind. Sound masking for open plan offices can help dilute the background noises and interruptions that cause employees to be distracted. By adding a layer of sound, background conversations become less audible and therefore less distracting.
Sound masking can help restore your open plan office to the collaborative and productive workplace it set out to be.