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How do I tactfully ask a colleague to not take extended phone calls in our open plan office?
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Like most these days I work in an open plan office. Distractions are par for the course but something that I find particularly hard to deal with and somewhat disrespectful is when colleagues take extended phone calls from their seats in the open office. Spending 5 or 10 minutes on the phone I can understand but I've had people take hour-long calls or start dozens of calls. We have dozens of meeting rooms and phone booths spread across the building and while they're often in high demand, there's always one available.
Company policy proscribes taking any phone calls in open areas but as with most such policies they're ignored by a handful that end up frustrating the many.
Usually the colleagues that do this work for other teams and I don't know them at all, so how can I ask them tactfully to not take extended phone calls for all to hear? I'm looking for scripts or short phrases to use that get my point across without being unprofessional or dismissive.
Bonus question: how can I actually do so when people are still in their call? I feel that at a certain point the rudeness of inflicting your conversation upon everyone on the floor outweighs the rudeness of interrupting their phone call, but I'm not sure how to word such an interruption well. A short phrase to use that's clear and can't be argued with would be ideal.
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Like most these days I work in an open plan office. Distractions are par for the course but something that I find particularly hard to deal with and somewhat disrespectful is when colleagues take extended phone calls from their seats in the open office. Spending 5 or 10 minutes on the phone I can understand but I've had people take hour-long calls or start dozens of calls. We have dozens of meeting rooms and phone booths spread across the building and while they're often in high demand, there's always one available.
Company policy proscribes taking any phone calls in open areas but as with most such policies they're ignored by a handful that end up frustrating the many.
Usually the colleagues that do this work for other teams and I don't know them at all, so how can I ask them tactfully to not take extended phone calls for all to hear? I'm looking for scripts or short phrases to use that get my point across without being unprofessional or dismissive.
Bonus question: how can I actually do so when people are still in their call? I feel that at a certain point the rudeness of inflicting your conversation upon everyone on the floor outweighs the rudeness of interrupting their phone call, but I'm not sure how to word such an interruption well. A short phrase to use that's clear and can't be argued with would be ideal.
phone distractions open-plan
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Like most these days I work in an open plan office. Distractions are par for the course but something that I find particularly hard to deal with and somewhat disrespectful is when colleagues take extended phone calls from their seats in the open office. Spending 5 or 10 minutes on the phone I can understand but I've had people take hour-long calls or start dozens of calls. We have dozens of meeting rooms and phone booths spread across the building and while they're often in high demand, there's always one available.
Company policy proscribes taking any phone calls in open areas but as with most such policies they're ignored by a handful that end up frustrating the many.
Usually the colleagues that do this work for other teams and I don't know them at all, so how can I ask them tactfully to not take extended phone calls for all to hear? I'm looking for scripts or short phrases to use that get my point across without being unprofessional or dismissive.
Bonus question: how can I actually do so when people are still in their call? I feel that at a certain point the rudeness of inflicting your conversation upon everyone on the floor outweighs the rudeness of interrupting their phone call, but I'm not sure how to word such an interruption well. A short phrase to use that's clear and can't be argued with would be ideal.
phone distractions open-plan
asked 5 mins ago
Lilienthal♦
53.6k36183219
Like most these days I work in an open plan office. Distractions are par for the course but something that I find particularly hard to deal with and somewhat disrespectful is when colleagues take extended phone calls from their seats in the open office. Spending 5 or 10 minutes on the phone I can understand but I've had people take hour-long calls or start dozens of calls. We have dozens of meeting rooms and phone booths spread across the building and while they're often in high demand, there's always one available.
Company policy proscribes taking any phone calls in open areas but as with most such policies they're ignored by a handful that end up frustrating the many.
Usually the colleagues that do this work for other teams and I don't know them at all, so how can I ask them tactfully to not take extended phone calls for all to hear? I'm looking for scripts or short phrases to use that get my point across without being unprofessional or dismissive.
Bonus question: how can I actually do so when people are still in their call? I feel that at a certain point the rudeness of inflicting your conversation upon everyone on the floor outweighs the rudeness of interrupting their phone call, but I'm not sure how to word such an interruption well. A short phrase to use that's clear and can't be argued with would be ideal.
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Lilienthal♦
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