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Private call space on the floor for Finance teams in Chicago, IL

Chicago's trading and asset-management floors are open by design, which leaves nowhere private for client calls.

The problem

Calls moved onto the open floor when the private offices went away. People take them at their desk, in a stairwell, or outside the building, and everyone within earshot hears one half of the conversation.

A client call on a trading or advisory floor is heard by the whole row, and compliance would rather it was not.

What renting changes

A Call Pod fits in the space a desk occupies and gives the caller a door. It is close enough that people actually use it, which is the difference between a call booth and a stairwell.

Serving Chicagoland, with delivery and maintenance included.

Why it works for finance: Up to 43 dB of noise reduction keeps client calls off the open floor.

How common this is

up to 43 dB

of noise reduction, among the highest lab-tested acoustic ratings available.

PodRent fleet data
12 to 16 sq ft

per booth, against 150 or more for a built meeting room.

PodRent fleet data
the top distraction

reported by employees in open offices is ambient noise, ahead of every other interruption.

Source: Oxford Economics, When the Walls Come Down

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The pods that solve it.

Call Pod in an office

Call Pod

$499 / month

One person on calls. It fits where a desk fits and keeps the conversation off the floor.

Up to 43 dB noise reduction in about 12 sq ft.
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Solve this in Chicago.

A pod is delivered and installed in a single visit. Tell us the floor and the team, and we confirm availability and a date.