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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
