Does this happen in your office?

[GreenTeaFrapp]

I remember one employer I worked for had a huge surplus of Herman Miller Aeron chairs and most of my team ended up taking one home because they didn't track them.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

I remember one employer I worked for had a huge surplus of Herman Miller Aeron chairs and most of my team ended up taking one home because they didn't track them.

My office has those...and I switched mine for a classic, upholstered chair that was hanging around. When they started designing for "ergonomics" at the expense of comfort, that was the end for me. An ergonomically-designed chair is only good if you're crazy enough to sit with proper posture all the time...if you like to slouch, put your feet up, etc., they're lousy.

[V]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

Oddly enough the stink from this has been here all week and people who didn't get a new chair have been complaining non stop. Is this the common way in an office?

It's pretty common in my office. Friggen whiners everywhere. It amazes me how many people have some sort of self righteous sense of entitlement and would rather complain than do something about it. Losers.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

I remember one employer I worked for had a huge surplus of Herman Miller Aeron chairs and most of my team ended up taking one home because they didn't track them.

Some of the bigwigs in my last office had those. I didn't know they were special, just that they looked different.

How did people get them out the door? Not tracking them is one thing, but rolling them down the hall and into the parking lot is kind of a giveaway.

Was this a government job?

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Some of the bigwigs in my last office had those. I didn't know they were special, just that they looked different.

How did people get them out the door? Not tracking them is one thing, but rolling them down the hall and into the parking lot is kind of a giveaway.

Was this a government job?

Not government, just a company that had laid off so many people they had other things to worry about. Hell, security even helped the female members of my team load them into their cars.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by Cube Inmate

My office has those...and I switched mine for a classic, upholstered chair that was hanging around. When they started designing for "ergonomics" at the expense of comfort, that was the end for me. An ergonomically-designed chair is only good if you're crazy enough to sit with proper posture all the time...if you like to slouch, put your feet up, etc., they're lousy.

I disagree completely. I think they're awesome and I never sit with perfect posture. The only problem with them is that they get pretty dusty from rubbing against the mesh on them.

[twotoner]

Seriously, what's the big deal? Flip management the bird and bring in your own monitor. You do the same thing every day when you go to starbucks or tims to get the good coffee instead of the free office coffee. How is this any different? Tell me you can't justify the expense when you spend six hours a day in front of it and only a half hour if your lucky in your 30,000+ car?

More monitors = more productivity
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/te...nted=1&_r=1&em

How many of you bought a work related book, paid for a course, or funded your education on your own dime? A $200 monitor could make you ten maybe 30% more productive depending on what you use it for.

Right now at work I'm using two 22 inch monitors, a 27 inch monitor and the company supplied 19 inch monitor.

I think in a few years this will all be a moot point. We'll be bringing our own laptops and smart phones to work as a matter of course. You'll citrix in to the lan where the apps are served out to whatever gear you feel like plugging in. The cool employers will give a yearly tech stipend to employees to buy whatever they want. The crappy ones will say you have to bring your own.

[LGA]

I worked at a place with 300+ people and replacing anything basically went down in the same fashion, basically all the areas deemed "less important" got their old equipment replaced slower. Thankfully, my department was well liked by the guys that did most of the ordering and we got our stuff replaced before we were supposed to.

[troutman]

You should see lawyers fight over a corner office. Nasty business.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cube Inmate

My office has those...and I switched mine for a classic, upholstered chair that was hanging around. When they started designing for "ergonomics" at the expense of comfort, that was the end for me. An ergonomically-designed chair is only good if you're crazy enough to sit with proper posture all the time...if you like to slouch, put your feet up, etc., they're lousy.

Agree. Chairs are worth their weight in Gold around the office. I stole my receptionist's chair and I know the one I swapped it with, while identical in appearance has one significant structural flaw....it was assembled by me....poorly.

Originally Posted by troutman

You should see lawyers fight over a corner office. Nasty business.

Catfight....?

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by twotoner

Seriously, what's the big deal? Flip management the bird and bring in your own monitor. You do the same thing every day when you go to starbucks or tims to get the good coffee instead of the free office coffee. How is this any different? Tell me you can't justify the expense when you spend six hours a day in front of it and only a half hour if your lucky in your 30,000+ car?

- when I worked for CNRL, the world's cheapest employer when it comes to office equipment and computers - I went and bought my own damn Logitech mouse/keyboard combo rather than use the crap provided. I'm on the damn thing 10 hours a day, it's worth my $70.

If your employer's not going to get you what you want, get it your ownself - but take it with you when you leave

[PsYcNeT]

Being one of 4 people in the Multimedia department, we recieved dual 24-inch monitors (lots of mapping and windows open at once) and a PC upgrade last year.

The rest of the staff (on older PCs and 19-inch lcds) had a hissy fit, and were promptly told by management to table a proposal as to why they required faster and larger equipment.

So far, not one of them has bothered to table a proposal (likely because it would say "Because we want it too")

Also, I begged and begged to get a mesh-backed chair with an adjustable lumbar pad last year, as our regular office chairs KILL ME.

I'm one of those with perfect posture, and those old school upholstered toture devices are murder on my lower back.

This chair is amazing.

[CubicleGeek]

If you want a new chair, play the hurt back and WCB card. You'll be amazed at how fast you would get a new chair.

[Titan]

Originally Posted by CubicleGeek

If you want a new chair, play the hurt back and WCB card. You'll be amazed at how fast you would get a new chair.

Larger companies also probably have an "ergonomics" person in HR. Get them involved to do an assessment of your workplace. My 2 cents. doesn't seem worth even that.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by CubicleGeek

If you want a new chair, play the hurt back and WCB card. You'll be amazed at how fast you would get a new chair.

No WCB here, not required in our line of work (not that I would go that route