Fancy home office chair!
I must say that my employer is pretty generous when it comes to making sure that we can work from home safely, comfortably and efficiently.
Purely by luck, back in late 2019, our work desktop mini-towers were replaced by work laptops just months before the coronavirus outbreak.
When the lockdown began in mid-March (2020) and suddenly we were sent home to work, we were soon given a CAD $500 (USD $375) budget to buy any necessary home office equipment (such as a second monitor, a mouse, a full-size keyboard etc.). Then in September, when it became clear that no one would be going back to the office any time soon, we were given another CAD $500 budget for more long-term home office tool, that is when I bought a proper office chair seen here.
But then on the other hand, I'm also pretty good to my company. I could have used up the $1,000 budget easily, but opted to buy only things that I really really need. (The chair costs less than $500.) Instead of buying a stand for the laptop, for example, I’m using two catalogues and a wood sushi rack that are lying around in the house anyway.
Fancy home office chair!
I must say that my employer is pretty generous when it comes to making sure that we can work from home safely, comfortably and efficiently.
Purely by luck, back in late 2019, our work desktop mini-towers were replaced by work laptops just months before the coronavirus outbreak.
When the lockdown began in mid-March (2020) and suddenly we were sent home to work, we were soon given a CAD $500 (USD $375) budget to buy any necessary home office equipment (such as a second monitor, a mouse, a full-size keyboard etc.). Then in September, when it became clear that no one would be going back to the office any time soon, we were given another CAD $500 budget for more long-term home office tool, that is when I bought a proper office chair seen here.
But then on the other hand, I'm also pretty good to my company. I could have used up the $1,000 budget easily, but opted to buy only things that I really really need. (The chair costs less than $500.) Instead of buying a stand for the laptop, for example, I’m using two catalogues and a wood sushi rack that are lying around in the house anyway.