Loud talking and louder laughing ... On the health front, unwanted noise can induce stress. In one study, clerical workers who were exposed to open-office noise for three hours had increased ...

You can also talk to a manager. You don’t need to say, “This specific person is ruining my one day in the office,” but what ...

As more companies champion a return to the office, once empty workspaces are now back to bustling with activity. But with this shift, a new issue has surfaced: noise. Supporters of office-based ...