While this doesn't bother some managers who welcome the reprieve from office chit-chat (unless the music's turned up too loud), others say it makes employees less connected to their co-workers or encourages working in isolation (aka "silos"). So reports Workforce.com.
Outside of work hours, civilians on the sidewalk, the subway or bus – or just about anywhere in our cities – are seen with ear pods connected to MP3 music players or cell phones, especially younger workers on their way to or from the office.
Now, however, if they don't start becoming "unplugged" a little more often, the so-called "Next Gen" may evolve into the first "Deaf Gen" not on Medicare – as one young reporter for an HR publication learned the "hard-of-hearing" way.