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Is there a consensus best pick for home office chair at this point?
I have a crappy $80 ikea office chair. It’s served me well for years and is light years ahead of random dining room chairs - if people are using those for extended periods of time I’m not surprised they’re getting injured - I’ve been there and it’s why I got a half decent chair.
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In a prior job I routinely took a nap during our sprint demo/retro/planning. Kind of absurd really that one can sleep through a meeting with nobody noticing.
Serious question, how do your coworkers perceive their own Jobs, do they share your perspective?
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Piano bench and good posture
Is this for real? Can people really sit on a piano bench all day?
As I understand it, the key is the good posture. My back pain was caused by weak lower back muscles. Maintaining good posture exercises those, where comfy chairs only relieve the immediate discomfort at the cost of long-term health.
Anyone complaining about the pain doesn't know how to work in bed. lie face down and prop your chest up with a pillow. you can work for hours that way. When that gets tiring, roll over, and brace yourself against the backboard or wall with the same pillow to support your lumbar. repeat for zero back stress computer programming.
What about neck, my neck hurts this way.
> but a whopping 50% still say the pain and discomfort of working from home is enough to send them back to the office. I want a breakdown of remote work preference by dollar amount spent on office chair. I think this would be revealing.
Recent survey asked "Are you missing equipment that is only available at the office?" No, it's the other way around thanks.
[1] https://relaxtheback.com/products/hale-aircomfort-recliner
> but a whopping 50% still say the pain and discomfort of working from home is enough to send them back to the office. I want a breakdown of remote work preference by dollar amount spent on office chair. I think this would be revealing.
Is there a consensus best pick for home office chair at this point?
I've had a BodyBilt from even before the DotBomb so I never understood the fuss about Aerons.
> but a whopping 50% still say the pain and discomfort of working from home is enough to send them back to the office. I want a breakdown of remote work preference by dollar amount spent on office chair. I think this would be revealing.
Is there a consensus best pick for home office chair at this point?
I wouldn't think twice of spending full price ($1500?) for one now. But I doubt it will ever need replacing... it was built in 1998(!!), like a tank. Some time later I bought a new gas strut for $50 (the old designs wobble) and some Atomdoc castors so it would glide over the hardwood floor.
Adjusted it once when I first got it. Vastly reduced my back issues - though a chair is just one part of back care.
> but a whopping 50% still say the pain and discomfort of working from home is enough to send them back to the office. I want a breakdown of remote work preference by dollar amount spent on office chair. I think this would be revealing.
I've found the most important thing is setting the heights of my screen and keyboard properly, that seems to be the main determinant of discomfort.
Maybe this is because a lot of tech workers are living in cities? Where space is expensive? There's no reason to live in a city if you work remote.
I mean, I can't go to the opera _right now_, but soon enough I can.
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It seems impractical for employers to pay for an addition to your house if you don’t have a room (let alone moving you to an entirely new building if you don’t own).
In which case employers should just increase wages to take into account how much is saved on office space. Then workers might be able to afford larger houses or apartments.