To think this is absolutely ridiculous?

[LoudLimeBeaker]

I’ve recently started a new job for a global attractions and theme park company. My role at the company has a global (it’s in the global corporate side of the business and so is not a site level role so is not linked to any one of their attractions in particular) remit so is not linked to any one of their attractions in particular. The company policy for people who work at global level and not site level is that you will be given an assigned office at their nearest attraction/site/theme park to where you live, so I’ve ended up based at one of their theme parks as that’s their nearest site to me. However the office they’ve given me is in the same building as a ride and all I can hear all day is the ride and it’s driving me insane! It’s so loud that it disrupts teams calls/meetings that I’m on. It’s driving me insane! I share the office with another colleague who has worked here for 4 years and she’s said that she has complained about it too for years and nothing ever gets done about it and they won’t give her another office either. There are other offices on the same site but I’ve asked too and they won’t give me another office either because they say there is no room in any other offices on the site. They will let me work from 1 day a week but other than that I have to be in the office every day which means having to listen to all the loud noises from that ride all day everyday and it’s driving me insane and it’s stopping from working properly! My employer won’t do anything about it though and I’m struggling to cope with it anymore. AIBU to think it’s absolutely ridiculous that they expect us to work like this?

But after say 20 years of paying subs you would’ve been better off keeping your money and paying out for an employment solicitor’s advice if needed?

My employer won’t let me work from home more than 1 day a week.

How would they know if you put one of the Teams fake backgrounds on?
I’d certainly try wfh more often and see if anyone complains. Just the odd extra day here and there to start with, when the noise gets too much, and slowly increase the at home days of no one notices.

While you try and find a solution, I’d suggest Loop ear defenders. They are largely invisible and there are several types to choose from. I got some for my autistic son for secondary school as he didn’t want to wear over the head defenders and attract comments. They may help you cope with the noise. Sounds bloody awful.

They would know if I started working from home more often unfortunately.

Is it worth me joining a union?

How?

Yes to the loops etc, but from experience of being given a similarly inappropriate office space, invite senior managers to meetings in your office. Often. It doesn't matter if it's too small or not set up for meetings, mine was the same. Get them physically into the space, as many of them as you can, as often as possible. This is what I did. An "office" that had been used that way for years was redesigned as storage space within a month of me staying to work there, purely because I made sure managers couldn't ignore it