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Post by ironhold on Oct 30, 2015 3:53:54 GMT
At least for me, my commute is 35 minutes each way and I tend to do best with talk shows*. Music is alright once in a while, but I tend to get bored with it. For me, interesting talk is a good way to stay awake and stay calm for a drive. * By talk shows, I listen to podcasts. I go for special interest shows like ham radio shows, or NPR's shows like Planet Money, or old reruns of Car Talk. I don't do politics or sports. if I'm driving, I tend to listen to whatever's on. - within reason. I tend to favor classic rock, but interesting talk is fine, too. Same here. Some time back I picked up a European news talk program in which two individuals were discussing economic policy. As an MBA, I decided to listen in to see what people over in Europe were thinking about the issues of the day. Unfortunately, static was heavy that night and so I had trouble getting a good fix on it. (If I had to take a guess, I'd say that I found the local NPR station by accident.) Otherwise, it's a mix of rock, alternative, and other such music. |
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 30, 2015 9:07:56 GMT
I have the radio on when driving as its quite useful at "local" traffic reports.
I have gone backwards to longer-wave radio stations, as the signal carries further....
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Post by wvengineer on Oct 31, 2015 1:02:34 GMT
I think that part of the reason some places don't do music in the workplace is it can be very hard to get a consensus. One person prefers country and hates rock, another hates country and and likes classical. Person three only listens to heavy metal. In the end it is easier to get everyone to agree to nothing.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 31, 2015 2:08:10 GMT
I like both types of music. Country and Western.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 31, 2015 7:29:13 GMT
I think that part of the reason some places don't do music in the workplace is it can be very hard to get a consensus. One person prefers country and hates rock, another hates country and and likes classical. Person three only listens to heavy metal. In the end it is easier to get everyone to agree to nothing. Thats why many places agree to local radio.... "Better than nothing" |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 1, 2015 13:38:03 GMT
When I worked as service manager for a medical equipment manufacturer, we always had an easy listening FM station playing in the background through the PA system. One day, everyone agreed that something just seemed a little "off". Then one secretary said, "hey, where's the music?" Next thing I knew, I had a line of people standing in my office demanding that I "fix" the music. I hadn't had that many complaints since the day the air conditioning broke.
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Post by OziRiS on Nov 2, 2015 8:24:07 GMT
This is really difficult to come up with a viable test for, because how people feel about music is so individual. Some people are just more sensitive to sound than others. While some may find it soothing that there's a little background noise, others may find it immensely annoying and whether it's one or the other may depend entirely on what's playing. I worked as a temp at a muffler factory (Walker Exhaust Systems) while I was in school about 12 years ago. The radio was on constantly and it had to be pretty loud to be heard over the banging, cutting and grinding noises constantly coming from different places on the factory floor. The radio was always tuned to the same station and for most of the day, that station would play the Top 40 over and over again. I'm not that good with pop music to begin with, so hearing the same Christina Aguilera or All Saints song for the 5th time in 7 hours was driving me crazy after a week. I literally had to stop working there, because I couldn't concentrate on anything I was doing and it started becoming a little dangerous. Good thing the temp firm had plenty of other jobs at the time  |
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Post by silverdragon on Nov 2, 2015 8:40:11 GMT
This is why the test must be done as suggested with a group of people.
Individual taste can be catered for.
Give the group a group choice of what radio station to listen to as well.
I dont think its ever going to get down to productivity, but then again, of a happy workplace is productive maybe it will.
So set a questionnaire to employees designed to measure how good they feel today on each day of testing?...
Measure that against productivity?...
Have day one as "Light entertainment" radio, day two as Country and western, day three as classical, day four as rock, day five as kiddys radio (As in the favoured by the pre-work place schools kids and bieber fans who prefer teen bands etc) and see what differences that makes.
See also if pure classical or opera stays on the radio for more than an hour without a raft of complaints.
See how many people complain at the radio on certain days, measure that, to get a comparison on what radio is preferred by the group, then have a day with the group choice of radio station and make that the "base" measurement to compare all the other results too.....
In one place I worked, it turns out, we are all fans of rock, so had a rock orientated station on the radio....
That was a good place to work.
Bit loud, but hell yeah... we got the work done.
Maybe the test needs to have a day with zero radio at all as well, just to put that in.
Just a question for all.
If you are in a place with no music at all, do you fond that you yourself make less sound?..
I think maybe I do.
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Post by the light works on Nov 2, 2015 14:37:19 GMT
This is why the test must be done as suggested with a group of people. Individual taste can be catered for. Give the group a group choice of what radio station to listen to as well. I dont think its ever going to get down to productivity, but then again, of a happy workplace is productive maybe it will. So set a questionnaire to employees designed to measure how good they feel today on each day of testing?... Measure that against productivity?... Have day one as "Light entertainment" radio, day two as Country and western, day three as classical, day four as rock, day five as kiddys radio (As in the favoured by the pre-work place schools kids and bieber fans who prefer teen bands etc) and see what differences that makes. See also if pure classical or opera stays on the radio for more than an hour without a raft of complaints. See how many people complain at the radio on certain days, measure that, to get a comparison on what radio is preferred by the group, then have a day with the group choice of radio station and make that the "base" measurement to compare all the other results too..... In one place I worked, it turns out, we are all fans of rock, so had a rock orientated station on the radio.... That was a good place to work. Bit loud, but hell yeah... we got the work done. Maybe the test needs to have a day with zero radio at all as well, just to put that in. Just a question for all. If you are in a place with no music at all, do you fond that you yourself make less sound?.. I think maybe I do. that last is an interesting question. I mostly work with no background music, mainly because I haven't bothered to set up a jobsite radio in my truck. if I'm working by myself, I find I actually tend to make more excess noise, even if it is quieter noise. |
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Post by silverdragon on Nov 3, 2015 7:05:47 GMT
Or do you notice it more because of the lack of background noise?..
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Post by the light works on Nov 3, 2015 14:55:24 GMT
Or do you notice it more because of the lack of background noise?.. no, if there's a radio playing, I listen to the radio, if there isn't I tend to cover for the lack. |
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