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All my coworkers have better rigs at home. I have a motorized sit/stand desk, aeron chair, climate control, ultra wide monitor, mechanical keyboard etc. Decade

All my coworkers have better rigs at home. I have a motorized sit/stand desk, aeron chair, climate control, ultra wide monitor, mechanical keyboard etc. Decade of back pain has completely vanished since working from home.

noitpmeder 5y ago
All of the things you listed are extremely privileged. Conservative estimates: $x00 standing desk $1000+ chair $xx000+ climate control $x00+ ultra wide monitor $100 mechanical keybord Not surprising you want to work from home. The vast majority of people, even in the tech industry, do not have these privileges, so the scale is not nearly weighted as much in favor of home work.
- matt_trentini 5y ago
  As an Australian tech worker, that list certainly doesn't seem that privileged. Excluding the Aeron, none of those would be surprising for any of my colleagues - and a few do have Aerons (all have decent chairs). We spend a lot of time at our desk and so spending a few thousand dollars to create a comfortable workspace is far from exorbitant.
- Rayhem 5y ago
  > All of the things you listed are extremely privileged... The vast majority of people, even in the tech industry, do not have these privileges. This is so deliberately myopic as to make me question whether your argument is in good faith. A "$xx000+ climate control" is something _literally anyone who's employed_ would have as a furnace (or, slightly less commonly, as a/c, but still very prevalent[1]) and is not a unique expense to WFH. The perk is being able to set it where I want (vs. my employer setting it for me), not simply "having it." And if a $100 mechanical keyboard is a truly unobtainable indulgence for budget reasons, surely a $100 car repair to facilitate commuting to the office is, too. [1]: https://paylesspower.com/blog/air-conditioning-statistics/ https://paylesspower.com/blog/air-conditioning-statistics/

noitpmeder 5y ago

All of the things you listed are extremely privileged. Conservative estimates: $x00 standing desk $1000+ chair $xx000+ climate control $x00+ ultra wide monitor $100 mechanical keybord Not surprising you want to work from home. The vast majority of people, even in the tech industry, do not have these privileges, so the scale is not nearly weighted as much in favor of home work.

matt_trentini 5y ago
As an Australian tech worker, that list certainly doesn't seem that privileged. Excluding the Aeron, none of those would be surprising for any of my colleagues - and a few do have Aerons (all have decent chairs). We spend a lot of time at our desk and so spending a few thousand dollars to create a comfortable workspace is far from exorbitant.
Rayhem 5y ago
> All of the things you listed are extremely privileged... The vast majority of people, even in the tech industry, do not have these privileges. This is so deliberately myopic as to make me question whether your argument is in good faith. A "$xx000+ climate control" is something _literally anyone who's employed_ would have as a furnace (or, slightly less commonly, as a/c, but still very prevalent[1]) and is not a unique expense to WFH. The perk is being able to set it where I want (vs. my employer setting it for me), not simply "having it." And if a $100 mechanical keyboard is a truly unobtainable indulgence for budget reasons, surely a $100 car repair to facilitate commuting to the office is, too. [1]: https://paylesspower.com/blog/air-conditioning-statistics/ https://paylesspower.com/blog/air-conditioning-statistics/