How to Convince your Manager to Buy you a Standing Desk
So you’ve heard all these great things about standing desks and wish you could have one too, yet we all know that it can be hard to convince the company that you work for to purchase new desks.
So how can you convince your manager to get you a new desk when you already have an office desk in good condition? Well, let’s face it, all your boss really cares about are the business facts. Here are some ideas that might be able to help you built your case:
1. Let's talk money first!
According to Business Insider, a study showed that employees increased their productivity by 10% when provided with standing desks.
Let’s say that you are making your company £100,000/quarter, with a 10% growth in productivity that would mean you make the company an extra £10,000/quarter! That’s already plenty to cover the cost of the standing desks and to get a good return on investment too.
That got your boss’s attention, right? Well it doesn’t end there.
2. No more sick days
About 137 million working days were taken as sick days due to illness and injury in 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics, which is the equivalent of 4.3 days per employee.
The second most common reason for not turning up to work was back pain, neck and upper limb pain and other musculoskeletal problems, which accounted for 22.4% of days lost to sickness. A standing desk can help with back pain by improving your posture.
Sitting all day also dramatically increases your risk of all kinds of chronic diseases, obesity, cancer, and heart disease. Our bodies were not designed to sit for long periods, which is why doing so creates a lot of health risks. In a nutshell, using a standing desk can improve your health and reduce the chance of you getting ill and taking sick days.
3. Increase creativity and decrease stress
Do you work in a creative field or a stressful job that requires you’re always relevant and on top of your game? Standing can be the answer: height-adjustable desks were linked to better mood and increased creativity.
4. Follow the crowd
More and more companies, from start-ups to large corporations like Facebook, Google and HubSpot, are offering employees the choice of using standing desks alongside their traditional workstation. But did you know that with AJ Products sit stand desk, you can use the standing desk as a regular desk too? This means, you could sell your old desk and use the money towards a shiny new height-adjustable desk.
If you need suggestions for standing desks, please visit our page. Also, don't forget some comfortable shoes, an anti-fatigue mat to make standing a little easier on your feet, and maybe a stool for occasional sitting.
