[hkxer]

Noise canceling headphones?

[jjav]

Noise canceling headphones don't do anything against human voices, which is the noise problem in open offices.

[beaugunderson]

I have a pair of Sony wh-1000xm3 and wh-1000xm5 and they definitely block out human voices, for me at least.

[sinancan2]

they may reduce it to some extent, but not completely block it.

[beaugunderson]

As it was a statement of my experience, I will reiterate it to make it clearer--they do block outside voices for me, completely.

[collyw]

Get some of the muffler things for building sites. One of my previous workspaces had a couple of these siting around.

[ornornor]

A colleague of mine used them at a previous job.

I started wearing them too because they work well but also as a passive aggressive FU to whoever designed these open office floor plans (the ear protectors are usually bright colors like yellow so there is no mistaking them for headphones)

We’re treated like assembly line workers in more and more companies anyway so why not also start wearing the PPE that goes with it?

[ManlyBread]

That's not really something I'd consider to be a perk of that office...

[quickthrower2]

Some earplug and chuck white noise on top is what I did once. My issue is it is uncomfortable.

[MiddleEndian]

I've spent so much time wearing headphones in offices that I find headphones to be physically uncomfortable.