Do you believe music in the workplace enhances the workers' productivity?

i think it does for many people but not all. this is why i think people should be able to play their own music at their desk or space if they wish but that it shouldn't be "piped" in to the work place. the muzak that is piped into the hospital is horrible!!

maybe, depending what it is though. if its something like RATM's cover of "in my eyes" then hell yeah, the productivity should go through the roof. then again, if its something like some song, any song, from Sonic Youth's Goo cd, then heeeeell nooo. better yet, some Nirvana stuff "heerrrheheh weer ar now, fauckin waysted, nehhhheee aiiyyyyyaah, wawh". off course limp biskit's "my generation" might pump you up. if you try some grind core, that might have unpredicile effects. it might make you more or less productive. but i havent heard enough of g core, so i honestly couldn't tell you.

Usually. Music, yes, News, No (unless they use it to channel.) Everyone has their own inspiring varieties though, and the wrong ones might be an irritating distract instead of letting a person flow through their work.

It depends on the music, the workers and the workplace. I doubt if it would help to play Merzbow at ear-splitting volume for a bunch of old ladies running a yarn store.

On the other hand, provided that the music is something that everyone in the workplace enjoys, particularly if it is something lively and up tempo, then I would think that it would improve productivity.

No, because I require concentration and music distracts me.

it always worked for me, whether i was in the kitchen cookin' heart attacks on plates, or in the quiet zone of GNC...it always helped me stay in a good mood for one, helped the time go by for 2, and i moved to the music

It depends on the kind of work and the kind of music.

Sometimes. It depends on the workplace, the employees, the type of music, etc...

No, because frequently music is extremely annoying.

Depends on what type of music and what's the workplace. If it's a store that sells weed supply, than a right music to be played there would be stoner music, not... uhm... whatever you don't feel like listening whan you're stoned.

It depends on the individual. I get distracted myself. Any music should be of the employee's own choosing and not the company's because everyone has different musical tastes. One should not force one particular type of music on all people. Especially get rid of that annoying "Muzak" or elevator music stuff. It puts me to sleep. I don't mind hearing lively music in grocery stores -- for example, Whole Foods supermarket where I shop often has rock oldies playing. But then I am not going to be in the store all day, either. Some people who work there might not like rock oldies. I don't agree with some companies forcing people to listen to Christmas music around that time of year either. Let the individual wear his/her own headphones if they can concentrate okay on their jobs this way, and if they will not get too distracted. Otherwise, turn off the slow, boring ol' Muzak or whatever else the company bigwigs decide is best for the employee to hear...

Only for some people. I used to be the closing cleaning person in a pre school, and that included the kitchen. The cook liked to have the radio on, and when she left for the day, I would turn it off. I work better and faster when there's no music.

I am sure some places one can't play the radio at all but for me it does help as with a lot of others I have talked to about this. But I am sure there are some that need quiet. Maybe vote on it and who ever loses just deal with the outcome or better yet to be fair to all, take turns, one day/week on next off!!

I think it would depend on the type of music and the type of workplace (office vs factory, for example).

I don't work you stupid chicken!

Neither do I, but I can still have an opinion....

Yes, because we are more at ease and enjoying our time at work rather than slaving in boring silence.

When I take my tape player or Discman to work, listening to music or books on tape helps with my productivity, but that Muzak that is in some offices is very distracting.

It works for me.

It really depends on the person. Some people work better with music, some without.

It depends on the music.

Maybe, depends on the job. I worked in an office in a very small area where the girl I worked with insisted on having the radio on all the time. It drove me crazy because I spent too much energy tuning it out, or trying to. I found it very distracting and wished she had been more approachable about the idea of leaving the radio off. But she was spiny and I don't like confrontation where there is no chance of a reasonable conversation that will end in some type of compromise. So I grinned and bore it. But I can't say that it increased my productivity -- perhaps the opposite because this was a job where accuracy was paramount and, like I said, I found the radio distracting. In another type of job, music could help. Take the kitchen of a pizza place. Now that's a place where music helps productivity. It is hot, hard work and music may be just the thing to take one's mind off the more difficult aspects of the job.

You know, you won't be welcome here if you keep that up. This site has a strong sense of integrity and calling people names like that serves no purpose except to make you look like the stupid chicken.

It depends upon the individual and the workplace. I always enjoyed having a radio on my desk with music at a low volume so it didn't distract others. And I'm not sure that music, per se, increases productivity...at least not in all instances...but it certainly could enhance working conditions and make it a nice place to be as long as you had to work for a living.

YesI think it does as long as every one likes the same kind of music, thats the hard part.

I believe that listening to music that I enjoy while I'm working increases my productivity.

Yes.

It would enhance my productivity since I wouldn't be so bored.

music has a way of taking you away and putting you somewhere u wish u were, instead of work

I just looked at the clock, and apparently I've just spent the last 8 hours playing guitar.

I think for some people it does. If you're in an office and it's quiet, that won't work for many people. Personally, our radio stations suck so I don't listen to much music. I'm hooked on talk radio. I have to have something to stimulate my mind while I'm at work.
So talk radio increases my productivity, but music increases my co-workers.

When I was working at the hospital the radio station would play the Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" several times a day. THAT drove me nuts. That's the kind of radio stations we have here.

It depends on where they work and what kind of music it is.

Don't you have college radio or public broadcasting with diverse programming?

Well, yeah, but our KBIA public broadcasting DJs voices are almost like listening to a funeral. And the college radio station plays some really wacked out sh!t.

I loved that wacked out stuff growing up. The santa cruz,ca college station would play Stockhausen, the Velvet Underground, Metal Machine Music, and India ragas all at once, and incredibly, they naturally synched in perfect harmony. My radio station (a pacifica public station) now plays international music (cambodian, irish folk...), blues, and if I stay up late in the morning, wild stuff like 60's tv themes and the doors 'Light my Fire' done in electric citars. The late nights are shows on mysticism and meditation. Mostly though, they are the voice of grass roots political activism with plenty of internationally reknowned speakers like michael moore and noam chomsky. I can listen to it 24 hours a day for years and enjoy what I'm hearing, never hearing the same thing twice. Other stations I think of as compilation albums. I can always turn them on and hear much the same playlist.

when ur favorite song comes on, it makes u feel good, and there for u want to work and sing @ the same time........ok, so i'm speaking for my self....but definately......
get people going and some even lose track of time.

It depends on the type/kind of music, volume, but yes, I believe it does.

MUSIC SOOTHES PEOPLES SOULS!