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It is offset at all by all the workers who are forced to sit their entire shifts? It's probably better on our bodies to stand than to sit for 6 hours at a time,
by autoexec 4y ago
It is offset at all by all the workers who are forced to sit their entire shifts? It's probably better on our bodies to stand than to sit for 6 hours at a time, but it starts in schools and ends at desk work. Standing desks are nice, and can help, but not everyone has access to them.
One of the nice things about working from home is that it allows people to escape that kind of environment to a point, but it just enables other types of obsessive micromanagement like "Why hasn't your mouse moved for 15 minutes!" or keeping cameras pointed at you all day long.
What we really need is less micromanaging and an expectation that not everyone is going to be at their desk every minute of the day, but that's a very hard sell in some environments.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoWhy job punishes a sitting worker for standing momentarily within a shift? And what do you mean by one cruelty offsetting another?
- tsimionescu 4y ago> It's probably better on our bodies to stand than to sit for 6 hours at a time, but it starts in schools and ends at desk work. It definitely isn't, standing puts enormous strains on our bodies. Walking for 6h is much easier and better, but sitting out lying down are much better than just standing.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoThey're also talking about a population of workers - this includes elderly people with bad hips, bunions, handicapped people who aren't always given proper accommodations, etc.