Therefore, it's only fair that headphones are banned for everyone else too. Im not sure IT support is always much less should be that kind of job; not all IT support units are or should be front-line helpdesks. Im a QA for a mobile multimedia app, for instance, and so sometimes it is literally part of my job to be listening to the audio output from a device. Arkansas is AR (Ark. That makes people dislike you, and its no good being right when people dont want to listen to you. This was the OPs random choice and random time to spring a new rule into place. Even though their job is fixing stuff for people, it seems like a terrible approach to have them always switching to latest and loudest and never having a time where they can focus on figuring out fixes! Im usually Jennifer in the situation! Like, not even my first 20 jumps. It wasnt customer facing, I didnt have a team to communicate with, and didnt have to be on the phone. ), OP#4: Hands up here as another member of the needing regular physical therapy for pelvic floor issues club. *I know I used the word boom a lot, I just cant think of any other word. I am new here. All comments are moderated before being published, On orders $10 or more within the continental US, Our store is PCI compliant to keep your info safe. I can see how this is an issue. Quite a few people have, actually. Otherwise, accept that this is a reasonable consequence of putting people in cubicles and open offices. We wore headsets to assist people (try being on the phone all day AND using your computer without one!). And while productive without, more productive with. The Etymotic ones, for example. If the idea of someone not being able to hear you come up unnerves you, are you just planning on never hiring Dead/HoH employees? I believe I understand my mechanics point about air wrenches being a productivity tool, but as a software engineer I am not allowed to use an air wrench and yet still manage to successfully test smartphone apps so sorry, it seems to me like if youre allowed to use a productivity tool that other people arent then it is indeed a perk. If two weeks invited such ire that it makes one decline a job offer for that alone, thats a bit of spoiled entitlement. Oooh, the You May Also Like algorithm brings up the letter from the employee whose boss watched her all day by video call as a form of mentoring. I wonder whatever happened with that situation. Copyright 2007 - 2023 Ask A Manager. I hear what youre both saying, but were not talking about a rule where an employee runs the risk of walking around half naked. I just found out were moving to an open office plan without seating arrangements and there will be NO MONITORS supplied unless you have a medical need and special request. It got annoying, for both of us, having me ask him to repeat himself. That is quite a long time for an email when youre raring to go. Regardless, the main point of putting anything in or over my ears is to block out the noise of my coworkers (foot tapping, pen tapping, pen clicking, paper shuffling, conversations between coworkers, phone conversationssomeone is beatboxing right now, Im not even joking) so I can actually concentrate on my work. Earphones are worn over hearing protection devices. It is not immature to want to be ablee to focus on your work. As Rob Walker writes in The New York Times: No five second wait while they pull out their earbuds or take off their headset. Im guessing this employee has some medical issue with earbuds. I read it that way too but then I re-read and I think its two weeks between INFORMAL offer and FORMAL offer. Ensure you arent listening to anything so loudly that you arent able to hear emergency alarms. I find this unnerving when I approach either of them and have to wait. comes off as a bit oblivious or a bit entitled, kind of a because I said so type. Your employees safety is your responsibility. You may not need them. I really dont understand why someone would ban headphones but not earbuds. It was a manager instituting a rule for their group that is within their purview. So. I beg of you. To be clear my music is not extremely inappropriate (I consider midday lite radio songs to be appropriate) just typical alternative, rock, rap, country, musical theater that has swears. And only one earphone being used, so I was always able to hear people approaching. Cheerleader: Whats that spell? Bc having to have music playing would just replace one source of distraction with another for me. This is an example of When I say jump, you say, How high? Working with a PT, nope.) Its not strictly required to do your job but it also makes no sense to have a rule against them or view being able to wear them at work as a favor your employer is doing for you. Keep them separate, and recognize that you only have the ability to affect the second problem. Resist the urge to police anything regarding mandated leave and if you have an issue, thinking someone is abusing the law, you need to consult an employment law attorney, dont do this one on your own, thats an ugly landmine that will blow up in the tune of big fines and penalties for your company. Having researched a lot of those as a possible purchase for myselfnoise-cancelling earbuds are frequently bulkier than regular earbuds. As an employee, I would assume my boss meant ASAP unless otherwise stated. I would not have thought oh hey my manager wants me to switch over to earbuds that must take effect right this second and not tomorrow after Ive had a chance to buy a pair of earbuds.. Clearly, your need to focus and work productively and comfortably the entire day is not as important as my 2-second wait! If theyre allowed to wear earphones, they should be allowed to wear headphones. If they came up to me in a huff about how I was in complete disregard of their new mandate? You cannot use the well my job says no headphones and Im fine, so whats your deal, man? Thats not how the world works. Did the boss expect the employee to just up and produce a pair of earbuds within 10 minutes? You dont know whats up. I doubt this manager ran the idea by HR before doing it.
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