Companies are buying these portable soundproof rooms like crazy to fix the worst thing about their open floor offices

Room

• Room is a new company that's created private, semi-soundproof phone booths for noisy, crowded offices.
• Already, the company has snagged high profile clients like NASA, Salesforce, and Nike. 
• Room says they're on track to sell $10 million worth of product in their first year of business.

If you work in an open office, it's likely that you've ducked into a hallway, a closet, or even the bathroom to get a few moments of quiet to make a phone call. 

With the move to the open office and the collective banishment of cubicles, finding a quiet, private place can sometimes be close to impossible.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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