Said It Here

How to get HR to approve an ergonomic standing desk for back pain

Sitting at standard office setups for long hours causes physical discomfort, back pain, and knee pain. Fighting HR to get a proper standing desk and chair makes dealing with these physical ailments even harder.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Buying a good desk chair, triple monitors, and a solid standing desk
  2. 2
    Stacking monitors on a monitor stand or books to adjust viewing height
  3. 3
    using eye drops
  4. 4
    wearing blue light glasses
  5. 5
    taking breaks
  6. 6
    using a standing desk

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“my eyes get heavy around 9pm when i'm grading on my laptop.”source ↗

“my eyes get heavy - not dry, not painful, just heavy - and my brain slows right along with it.”source ↗

JEFRUZ · r/Teachers · 9 upvotes

“Debit: Shallow Women Credit: Back and Knee Pain”source ↗

Ruh_Roh_Rah · r/Accounting · 4 upvotes

“Good luck having to argue your way with HR to having a good standing desk and chair for your bad back.”source ↗

luckydante419 · r/Accounting · 2 upvotes

Where this came up

r/Accountingr/Teachersergonomicsfatiguehealthscreen time

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