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If the laptop is in your lap are you not hunched? Neck looking down a lot. On my first employer's onboarding training we had a full 4 hour session by the comp
by zhte415 10y ago
If the laptop is in your lap are you not hunched? Neck looking down a lot.
On my first employer's onboarding training we had a full 4 hour session by the company's health & safety officer on how to use our chair and desk, and I've found that extremely useful over the past 15 years.
Some takeaways that I've kept with me:
* Keep the top bezel of the screen level with your eyes. I.e. no bending next to see top of screen, and use eyes to look/scan down, or neck a bit.
* Most office chairs have a knob under where you sit and a latch to pull out on the back allowing inclination/declination/free movement. Set latch to free movement then twist this the knob to a setting where you're lying back in the chair in a free-balance position - equilibrium easy to find. I like to leave me chair in that position.
* Fortune 500 type companies spent a lot of money trying to avoid being sued. White-label chairs are commonplace and far higher quality than alternatives.
* Desks can be adjusted or swapped out for alternatives.
* Consult your health & safety person if you have a persistent problem, or in-house medical staff. Just let your manager know you're contacting them, not related to work.
* If you'd like to sit on a bouncy ball, that's OK too.
This was not a modern technology company or anything faddish. This was advice built up over decades of his experience and a century+ of organisational existence. Just share some 2p.