Should music be played at a software development company? [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am working at a software development company. At my workplace above my desk, there is speaker in the ceiling. After every 2 desks there is a speaker.

As from my desk, almost every second face is listening to music using headphones.

There is so many cons of listening to music using headphone:

• Sometimes employees waste his/her time in music selection
• Sometimes employee workstation PCs have no right to access music sites
• Headphones can damage your hearing
• Music downloads can be a reason for slow internet (mainly for India)

So at the end I would like to ask the question:

Should software development companies play music in development rooms, so that employees don’t need to listen to music on headphones?

*(Of course soft music at low volume.)

manpreet 2 years ago

No. I listen to music at work for a number of reasons:

• My music hides the noise of the radio played by the support staff (which I hate with a passion). It is incredibly annoying and distracting to have music/radio that you hate forced upon you.
• Music can add white-noise, thus reducing the distraction of other people's conversations. My workplace can get very noisy.
• Music can help me with boring work. A productive person knows what to listen to and when. Sometimes I'll listen to some metal, sometimes some folk music - whatever works with my brain best at the time.

A happy workplace is a productive one.