When I worked in the Netherlands I was surprised to discover that my desk
could raise up.  It was extremely comfortable, and easy to adjust.  It
turned out to be from IKEA.  When I got back to the States and started
looking for the same desk, I couldn't find it.  They had a similar desk,
but if you wanted to adjust the height you had to go to each leg and adjust
it individually.  It lacked the simple handle to raise and lower the desk
that I'd seen before.

Mark




On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just finished listening to #397; and the discussion around raisable desks
> in the latest episode, spurred my curiousity.
>
> When I worked in Canada some years ago, to my surprise, I noticed no-one
> were using raisable desks in the office - something I was accustomed to
> from working in Scandinavia since the year 2000 or so. Shopping around in
> Staples etc. did not reveal anything either, so I eventually had to gave up
> on this quest. My conclusion then was that perhaps weak unions and/or
> relaxed employer standards meant ergonomics were seen as a luxury item
> rather than an investment into HR.
>
> This now seems to be a demographic/cultural issue, good to hear about
> better ergonomic conditions for developers all over.
>
> /Casper
>
> PS: (n-1)!
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