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.
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.
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
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 use mine with utmost regularity: once every 6 months
I forgot mine can stand. Oops
I don’t use a standing desk.
Personally I’m waiting for someone to come up with the laying desk. I want to be fully reclining, with a couple of monitors suspended above my head, and the two halves of my split keyboard on little tables under my handsThese exist. Many options.
But they’re rare compared to standing desks, so I guess no-one’s nailed the marketing yet!
Because it is pretty niche, expensive, and takes up a lot of floor space. But I get it, there are a few options out there
takes up a lot of floor space
In an office they could be stacked like bunk beds
I’m not sure where showerthoughts energy ends and trolling begins, but I feel like stupider things have been successfully marketed
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.
Dozens of us use our standing desks! I know two people in my office that use them daily, and one who uses his frequently.
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.
I use mine every day in sit-mode.
Samesies! We should be careful about hanging out in social media echochambers though.
I might be in the minority but I love my standing desks. I’ll sit once in awhile but I’d guess that 90% of my day is standing.
And to those who think standing is just being in one position all day and therefore is just as bad as sitting, I completely disagree. In practice I’m constantly shifting around, moving one leg back or forward, or walking in circles when I’m talking during a meeting and don’t need to look at my screens. Sometimes I’ll bring a chair over and put one knee on the seat for a few minutes to stretch my quads and hip flexors. It also helps if you get a soft pad to stand on or shoes designed for being on your feet all day.
My desks even go really low, which I squat at for about an hour a day. Full heels on the ground squat, keyboard and screens low enough to work without cranking my neck.
I’ve been working behind a desk for 25 years, and next to a true ergonomic keyboard I think my standing desks have done the most to keep my body from breaking down.
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
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.
Can confirm. I inherited one when I changed jobs, never use it. I do stand at my desk often but I am very short.
its like the treadmill, it turns into an expensive clothes rack.
