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> "Meaning they decided to procrastinate instead of working on their product/service." If they were truly procrastinating, you've got a point. But that's hard
by roc 14y ago
> "Meaning they decided to procrastinate instead of working on their product/service."
If they were truly procrastinating, you've got a point. But that's hardly implicit in having spent time and energy on a desk. You can't work productively 24x7. You need downtime.
And those desks, not to minimize the effort they did put into them, don't look like a huge time investment to me.
As to the ergonomics, sure: ideally you want adjustable desk height and some way to get monitors to a comfortable height. But how often have you found those qualities in the sub-$40 desks you'd have them buy?
- iuguy 14y agoProtip: Buy office furniture second hand, especially in a downward market. The resale value of office furniture is atrocious. There's plenty of office clearance companies all over the place that will sell you high quality office furniture at low low prices.
- roc 14y agoAnd how much of that office furniture that makes it to the clearance companies matches the ergonomic preferences for a computing desk? To put it bluntly: I don't think I've ever seen an adjustable height desk with a raised stand for a monitor in an office environment. Consumer home-office furniture are lousy with those features. But for most office furniture, you're lucky if they buy a $10 wooden monitor stand or if the desk's adjust more than they need to allow for leveling. You'd have to haunt the clearance company to actually score a good desk and I still doubt you'd be walking away with one for $40.