Last week, Facebook extended its work-from-home policy for employees through July 2021. It’s also giving those workers up to $1,000 to set themselves up for. Chances are you won’t get that kind of stipend, but there are still things you can do to improve your home office.
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Facebook has nearly 50,000 employees and most of them have been working from home since March. At this point, we might as well assume this is a semi-permanent situation.
Like many companies, Facebook is discovering that it can operate its business just fine without dragging everyone into the same physical space. If and when we return to shared office spaces, many people will continue to work from home.
At work, you may be accustomed to sitting in an Aeron chair or enjoying a sit/stand desk. If you use a notebook computer, you probably have an ergonomically placed monitor in a glare-free position. At home, you probably share a too-high kitchen table with a roommate or spouse. The best an ergonomics expert can hope for is for you to prop your MacBook on a pile of books and dust off that old Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
