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Are You Providing Acoustic Comfort to Your Staff?

You've probably spent a great deal on making your office comfortable for your employees. You may have bought ergonomic desk chairs to protect their backs. Maybe you've bought anti-glare screens to protect their eyes.

You may have bought a complex lighting system to provide adequate lighting to protect their eyes and reduce headaches.You probably have a very good climate control system to keep your employees at a comfortable temperature.

Perhaps you've even invested in other items to improve working conditions for your employees. You might have a comfortable sofa in the break room, or a television for their entertainment during breaks. You probably provide cold water, coffee, and perhaps sodas for employees.

But you may have missed on of the most important factors in employee comfort. In fact, more than 70% of employees claim that they have this complaint about their work environment. Most employers don't think of this as being a big problem, but their employees certainly do.

Noise is a major factor in decreased productivity, data entry mistakes, and employee stress.Reducing workplace noise has actually been shown to increase employee focus by as much as 40%. And it's also been shown to decrease data entry mistakes by around 10%.

If you're spending money on other workplace comforts, it makes sense to take care of the one thing that over 70% of employees say is their single biggest complaint about their work environment. You shouldn't ignore the fact that so many people say their workplaces are excessively noisy and distracting.

If you have an open office setting, such as the standard cubicle setup, then there is really only one good option for you. sound masking system Sound masking systems are relatively inexpensive, and can make a big difference in the level of distraction caused by standard office noise.

Sound masking systems are different from standard noise reduction systems. They use white noise to help mask sound. Other systems try to block sound, or to take sound and modify it, playing back the mirror image in an effort to eliminate it.

But blocking sound is very difficult in open office environments, because of the open nature. And noise cancellation equipment for an area as large as a standard cubicle-based office would be ridiculously expensive.

The only practical solution for smaller open office systems is a good sound masking system . One of these systems could drastically improve employee focus and productivity, and make employees happier and healthier.