I used a pretty dismissive of office privacy issues. Privacy in the office was not even a consideration, to be honest. We had small office cubicles, and everyone knew everyone's business. If something was not appropriate in the workplace, or you didn't want it to make the rounds of gossip, you simply didn't talk about it. It seemed like as simple a solution to office privacy as you Could have. We were all adults there, and I saw no need to invest in office dividers, white noise generators, cubicle doors, or any of those other devices. The home is where you have privacy, the office is where you got things done.

Looking back, I see that my ignorance of privacy office issues was pretty ridiculous. It took things really going wrong, however, to force me to understand this. You see, keeping the office private just makes common sense. If you don't take the necessary precautions, sooner or later your employees are either going to get annoyed with each other, have awkward confrontations, or have some other kind of problem. In our case, through a very unfortunate overheard comment, a lack of office privacy cost us one of our most important clients. Some simple office partitions would have taken care of it, but because we didn't have them, we learned a very expensive lesson.

I have always been a pretty all or nothing kind of guy. Once I understood the importance of office privacy, I thought I wouldn't stop at office dividers. I wanted to go all-out. I researched electronic privacy, and tried to find out what my options were. It turns out that you can get white noise generators that help keep your office secure and private while providing minimal disruption. Not only do they help you deal with office privacy issues, but they also cut down on background noise by producing a sound like air flowing that is very easy to tune out.

After installing these noise generators in the ceiling panels, I noticed some interesting changes in the office environment. People seemed to be more productive than ever before! They would sit down and get their work done without any fuss at all. Without the distracting noise of conversation from the cubicles next door, most of the workers had a much easier time accomplishing their daily tasks. They could still socialize when they wanted to, but it was kept to break time. All in all, it was a quieter, happier, more productive office!