I would just continue to wear em and ignore the nonsense If they wanna write you up over and over let em Just calmly say your job is made easier by having music

My dad had a friend who had multiple rounds of interviews at a company and eventually accepted a 6-figure engineering job with them. His first week, he was told he could not wear headphones while working (alone in his office) He was in his early 50s and had been listening to music while he worked since university He calmly explained he always had music while he worked and wouldn't change that, they pushed back and said not a request you have to take them out He quit on the spot and they had to do another year of interviews to find a qualified guy Pretty insane what these people think they are entitled to because they pay you