Carsten- +1 Like. Joel
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Carsten Foertsch <[email protected]>wrote: > When we asked members of coworking spaces in our surveys what bothered > them the most, the biggest problem was the noise, a range of 15% and 20%. > However, the noise has almost NO negative impact on the popularity of a > coworking space. When asking members how much they like their coworking > spaces, there was almost no difference between members who have or or don't > have a problem with noise. A membership is rather cancelled when a person > doesn't like other people at a coworking space. That's an option which most > of employees don't have, no wonder why they would prefer a private office > in this case. It's a point which was not a part of the discussed research. > > At betahaus, where we work, the operators once created a silent room as > reaction to noise problems. As result, they were less people who worked at > this part of betahaus. This room was quite big, probably too big. The > operators re-arranged this room again, this time by setting up a normal > open space surrounded by some team offices, mainly for those who work for > customer support. > > Btw, there is also a big difference between the sound of a sea, and a > jackhammer nearby. Regular noise on a low level is usually less disturbing. > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
