managing in-office noise / distractions

Hi everyone,

When I am working in-office (3 or 4 days a week), I can find it quite difficult to concentrate at times (and every time there's an interruption it takes that much longer to get back to where I was).  I work in a glorified broom closet with two other people who have very different (higher) tolerances for noise and disturbances.  Someone kindly suggested noise-cancelling headphones, but I have a thing about situational awareness and not hearing people come up behind me is unnerving.  

Does anyone have suggestions for how I might make this more navigable without rocking the boat too much (or even just commiserations)?  While we're working hard on our DEAI, recognizing and accomodating neurodiversity in the workplace isn't quite there yet. 

Thanks!   

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