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Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desks for their employees?
Why or why not?
- kellyreid 14y agoI know crystalcommerce.com does. They're an ecommerce portal for gaming industry sellers.
- cweiss 14y agoFor what it's worth, most generic budget cube work surfaces are essentially adjustable shelves. With a little effort, you can unscrew the surface, move the shelf brackets up a few notches, and screw the desk surface back on. I've done that at my work place. We're a little 'loose' on that sort of thing, so permission wasn't required. I just went and did it one evening. It was more about social acceptance than actual policy.
- GigabyteCoin 14y agoI'll take that as a no in general (I assume more people would have responded if they knew of any), thanks for the responses though guys!
- WimLeers 14y agoYou get them at Facebook if you're a full-time employee — and possibly only after a few months or so. I was an intern there so I didn't have one, but a colleague and my manager used standing desks, probably as per the advice of Facebook's ergo(nomics) team. Those desks could also be lowered to regular desks at the touch of a button.
- monty_singh 14y agoI believe you can get a standing desk for your cube at Intel. I remember seeing quite a few of them.
- caw 14y agoThe older Intel cubes allow the desks to be affixed in the standing position. The newer style cubes have sit/stand desks.
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