Cheap office chairs costly mistake – 1

Why is it that companies and individuals buy cheap, poorly designed office chairs?

There are, of course many reasons why this happens and the fact that a low cost seating product is most likely not in their best interests.

Chief among these is that it never occurs to them that there was any reason to spend any more than the bare minimum. After all, a chair is a chair isn’t it?

Well no it isn’t as simple as that and the process requires a bit more research instead of blindly going out and spending as little as possible on cheap imported office seating.

Here are seven important questions that a business manager or individual needs to ask prior to buying new seating.

1. How long is spent each day in an office chair?

2. How long is spent each day working at a computer in an office chair?

3. Do I or my staff suffer from aches and back pain as a result of sitting for extended periods of time?

4. Is it likely that time will be spent working for long periods in an office chair for the foreseeable future?

5. Do I or my staff feel uncomfortable in the present office seats?

6. How do I or my staff feel about a cheap seat? Is it affecting productivity?

7. What’s important to me of my staff about my/our office chair?

Once you have the answer to these key questions you’ll then be in a far better position to make a balanced decision about the importance of the quality of office chairs to you and your staff. We’ll return to each question in detail in my next post.