Before you tell me how you regularly use yours, I am saying you’re a minority, not that you don’t exist
Every desk in my work office is a standing desk. A handful of people use them, the rest don’t. And personally I believe that’s enough to justify buying them all.
So even if youre right that a majority are unused, I disagree with the implication that they are a waste.
That’s like any other accessibility feature honestly. If it helps a good amount of the population and doesn’t hurt anyone else, then it’s a net positive. It saves the company in workers comp complaints overall I’d imagine.
It’s not primarily for standing though, more like easily adjustable
The facilities team at our office would previously build a C-shaped box out of MDF or plywood to sit a regular, fixed-height desk on top of.
To be fair they did a nice job, they were sturdy and would have recesses for the desk’s legs to sit in to prevent sideways movement. But the problem then became “what about when those people wanted to sit”, so tall office chairs - that didn’t match the rest of the chairs in the office - had to be bought, undoubtedly at considerable expense.
The new, all-standing-desks use-it-if-you-want-or-don’t-it-doesn’t-matter-to-us regime seems to just avoid a lot of unnecessary shifting of furniture.
I have one at home but I don’t stand at it much, just for a few minutes here and there. But it’s still useful that it moves. Its good to have it at the exact right height and raising it makes moving cables easier. I plugged in a new USB dock on my static desk at work the other day. It was a pain in the arse, the hole of which I almost exposed to the whole office when I got up off the floor.
I used mine all the time at my old work. So when I moved to a new place and my old desk couldn’t handle another disassembly and reassembly, I bought the same model (electric, multiple saved settings). Turns out the reason I used my standing desk was a shitty office chair. I have an Aeron chair at home, so I never need to stand.
The adjustable desk wasn’t a wash. I was able to adjust it to the exact right height for my chair. My old desk was slightly too high, so I have the best ergonomics I’ve ever had in my life. It’s awesome and I’d absolutely buy the adjustable desk again just for the best seated height.
I have a daily alarm to remind myself setting it at standing position at least once a day. Sometimes when I am busy I ignore the alarm and forget.
Thanks for your reminder, I have it in the standing position now. Usually keep standing for around 30 minutes until I get tired.
Lunch is usually my alarm. After lunch I raise the desk
Same, I really try to raise mine up at least once a day, but it doesn’t always happen. Your alarm idea is a good one, think I’ll try that.
I use mine every day in sit-mode.
Samesies! We should be careful about hanging out in social media echochambers though.
I have been using standing desks since 2010.
Originally not by choice, because the only spot in the office that didn’t smell like farts was the high tops near the kitchen. The chairs weren’t very good and I was used to standing long hours anyways when I was a server.
I’m still using standing desks. And i love seeing standing desks everywhere.
You’re pretty right. I even got myself one for home because I thought it would be useful. Now I only usually extend it if I’m doing cable management.
Though what’s also really nice is being able to make little micro adjustments to get the right height. For example I change it by 2 cm depending on whether I’m wearing house shoes, so my knee fits better.
I think this comment convinced me to get a standing desk. For some reason, I can never get my legs to fit under a desk comfortably, even if I adjust the chair height
its like the treadmill, it turns into an expensive clothes rack.
Yup, I’m here to agree. Got one at home and work, only used it about twice in a day for all of 5 minutes
Start with it standing in the morning. Lower it when you feel like it. Then after lunch start standing again, lower over time.
Now that’s a great routine, will try it!
I set an alarm that goes off after a couple hours on my work computer, it’s been working for me
My biggest use for my standing desk is to set the precise perfect height.
They are still great for cable management
When I was considering buying one I researched the health benefits and from what I could tell - there are none. Most studies/researchers seem to agree that sedentism is bad, either standing or sitting. Some ppl on zoom (back when I worked for a company) would have walking desks, probably better.
The health benefits come from movement and posture variation, instead of just keeping the standing position.
Walking desks would be ideal (for health), but that take up too much space and I think walking distracts my work.
It’s changing position that’s beneficial.
Can confirm. I inherited one when I changed jobs, never use it. I do stand at my desk often but I am very short.
Who doesn’t use them ? the only user of a standing desk that I know besides me (got it two years ago now) was a coworker, a programmer who used it on the daily. I don’t see why you wouldn’t use it, it’s so much better in practice. Perhaps you need to have experienced long hours at the desk in an intensive IT role before you jump. That’s certainly what drew me to get one
Because sitting takes less energy, standing muscles are underdeveloped, and constant back pain is just the 8th natural wonder
It’s true. When I get lumbar pain, I shiver thinking of the lush hanging gardens of Babylon. When my tailbone gets crushed by hours upon hours of sitting, I remember the might of the Temple of Diana and think myself lucky to even sit next to her -figuratively.
Some standing desks have an interface that can be used to setup diverse automations. For I example I made it automatically rise when it detects that it was on seating position for more than 40 minutes.
fancy!! mine is adjustable by hand crank. (And yet I alternate b/w sitting and standing setup more frequently than my colleague whose desk is electrically powered).
I switch position more now that I’m at home. I’ll more likely stand when I’m tired, as they taught us in the army.
