I'm back in our newly renovated office. We have an open office plan.
One of my coworkers sits across from me and projects his voice like he's in a god damn hurricane. He's a talkative SE and most of our meetings are virtual, so he's taking calls at his desk over zoom. I can't hear myself think when he's on calls and it is driving me nuts. We've addressed the issue with him to try and speak more quietly but it seems to be the way he is, and he can't seem to set the habit of speaking with an indoor voice.
Wondering if this type of layout is normal for sales, and what your setup looks like now. When you weren't WFH, were you taking calls in the middle of an open office, do you go to a meeting room with a door?
What is a typical office layout for SDR's, and for AE's and SE's?
For context, I work at an engineering consulting company and the sales org is very new, we have no idea what we're doing, and I think they may not have totally thought through the office planning when they renovated.
We'll find a solution, but curious if this is an issue that many others face.
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