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Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by hellbannedguy »

I have used my bed as an office since college.

I feel a subtle, but strong, push back to the office by most employers, and get I get it some situations. Jamie Diamond is right about certain jobs in finance, but most of us are not offered those apprentiship type white collar jobs.

You proved you can work from home, why make things more complicated? Oh yea, to the people whom have zero social life other than work friends, there are still bars. Yes that last sentence is a bit rough.

I'm waiting for the "Save the planet" by working from home argument. The amount of Carbon whatever saved by people not commuting must be great?

I feel like employers are passively aggressive over this whole return to a 2 hour commute, office bull crap, and and all the other bs we do out of convention.

Oh yea, so lets finally bury the tie for good.

(A bit of a rant--yes. I just feel like they are really worried about work from home common sense movement. On another note, but strongly related to Covid, and zero pre government planning, I've also noticed how seemingly liberal cities, like Sausalito CA, are doing everything in the "Move along you homeless person, we don't want you here, but we will Act sympathize during meetings time handbook".)

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by gota »

daenz wrote: post #40

For the past 2 weeks, I've been working from a treadmill. It has been incredible. I got a small under-the-desk treadmill for my standing desk and I walk at about 2.5km/hour and get around 20,000 steps in per day. It has improved my mood, my clarity, and also has improved my sleep (because I'm tired of walking). I also find it easier to focus on tasks for some reason. If you can make a setup like this work for you, I…

Can you walk during calls, e.g. remote pair programming? Heavy breathing, noise from the treadmill and footsteps etc. affect you?

If not, what kind of mic are you using? I think a headset will suffer from the heavy breathing

Also - post your standing desk or its dimensions please

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by rendaw »

daenz wrote: post #40

For the past 2 weeks, I've been working from a treadmill. It has been incredible. I got a small under-the-desk treadmill for my standing desk and I walk at about 2.5km/hour and get around 20,000 steps in per day. It has improved my mood, my clarity, and also has improved my sleep (because I'm tired of walking). I also find it easier to focus on tasks for some reason. If you can make a setup like this work for you, I…

Do you walk 8h a day then? Or do you somehow sit sometimes? How do you sit with the treadmill there under your desk?

Do you wear shoes while walking? Do you typically wear shoes indoors then?

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by seventytwo »

MattGaiser wrote: post #7

> 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.

When I found out I was working from home a few years ago, I bought a used Steel Case Leap for about $200. Since then, I’ve probably sat in that chair for at least 5000 hours.

It’s easily worth every penny.

The same logic for busing a bed should apply to home office ergonomics. You’re going to spend eight hours per day with both. Invest!

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by daenz »

rendaw wrote: post #63
daenz wrote: post #40

For the past 2 weeks, I've been working from a treadmill. It has been incredible. I got a small under-the-desk treadmill for my standing desk and I walk at about 2.5km/hour and get around 20,000 steps in per day. It has improved my mood, my clarity, and also has improved my sleep (because I'm tired of walking). I also find it easier to focus on tasks for some reason. If you can make a setup like this work for you, I…

Do you walk 8h a day then? Or do you somehow sit sometimes? How do you sit with the treadmill there under your desk? Do you wear shoes while walking? Do you typically wear shoes indoors then?

I walk around 4 hours per day. Yesterday was 4 hours 13 minutes, 22k steps, 5.96 miles. It seems like a short distance for that many steps, but it's because you tend not to take huge strides.

I'll usually do 10k steps in the morning, take a break and sit and eat lunch and rest for a bit, then finish another 10k steps.

The treadmill has rear wheels, and I roll it back out of the way of my desk, then roll my chair back to my desk, when I want to sit.

I don't wear shoes while walking or indoors. If I start getting foot problems, I might get a pair of indoor shoes.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by rufus_foreman »

ekster wrote: post #14
MattGaiser wrote: post #7

> 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 think consensus would be to try something out before you buy it, there are those who prefer a $60 Ikea chair to a $1600 Aeron.

I'm OK either way, my cat is sleeping on the Ikea chair, she won't touch the Aeron, so I get the leftovers.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by ashtonkem »

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #12

The way it's written it looks like the bed (and the couch etc) are used for work because alot of remote workers don't have a real office to work in. I have a dedicated office in my home to work from with a real office chair and standing desk and that's where I do my work. A colleague of mine even has an under desk treadmill. This does bring up a valid point that not everyone can afford these things, but employers sho…

This is the issue with “hybrid” work. You either live somewhere where you can afford an office, or somewhere where the commute is bearable. Living somewhere where you have a dedicated office and the commute isn’t hell is a very expensive proposition in most American cities.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by daenz »

gota wrote: post #62
daenz wrote: post #40

For the past 2 weeks, I've been working from a treadmill. It has been incredible. I got a small under-the-desk treadmill for my standing desk and I walk at about 2.5km/hour and get around 20,000 steps in per day. It has improved my mood, my clarity, and also has improved my sleep (because I'm tired of walking). I also find it easier to focus on tasks for some reason. If you can make a setup like this work for you, I…

Can you walk during calls, e.g. remote pair programming? Heavy breathing, noise from the treadmill and footsteps etc. affect you? If not, what kind of mic are you using? I think a headset will suffer from the heavy breathing Also - post your standing desk or its dimensions please

Yep! I walk regularly on calls and during pairing sessions. Google meet is pretty good at noise cancelling. My coworkers say they can't even hear the treadmill. Heavy breathing isn't really an issue for me at 2.5km/hour. I'll have to dig up our standing desk dimensions, but there is no problem there for me or my partner. I'm 6', she's 5'8", and we both have different standing desks and different treadmills. There would be no issue with the desk height or width, but you should measure your own setup if you're thinking of doing the same.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by scsilver »

drenvuk wrote: post #28

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.

After 5 years I got a pinched nerve that has kept me a bit sidelined this year. Watch your spine people, be careful.

Re: 38% of remote workers work from bed

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Post by JoeQuery »

Jtsummers wrote: post #23
JoeQuery wrote: post #17

I move around quite a bit during the day. Living room table, couch, play room with the kids, etc. I have a portable desk I'll pop open outside to spend time with the dog. I experimented working within VR on the oculus quest but the neck strain was too much and the resolution too low. But occasionally I would lay down with the headset on and a keyboard in my lap. Changing my scenery helps me stay engaged. But I feel f…

Any chance you could link your portable desk? I've been contemplating getting one so my work at home could be a bit nicer (move to different parts of the home, in particular, the loft gets very hot during the summer) without having to actually set up a proper desk, or sit with a computer in my lap (I need two, both laptops, so that's not actually an option presently).

Sure! I got it as a gift but this is the closest thing to it I could find. It's very simple but that makes it very easy to pack up and go.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8814906

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