Badly made, cheap chairs are a drain on your funds and tarnish the organization’s reputation. Besides, they affect employee morale, make them irritable and give them an insecure feeling. Further these chairs and stools are not ergonomically designed and so make the employees vulnerable to spinal chord injury, severe neck pain, head and back aches and severe psychological stress. The clients visiting the office will not have a good opinion about the office with bad quality chairs.



Employees are the backbone of your organization and you must take adequate care that you do not injure their backbone with poor quality chairs, desks and stools. They spend the entire day on the chair and only if they sit on a good ergonomically designed chair they can maintain their cool. A good chair will automatically provide for good sitting posture from the employee and this will avoid spinal injuries and neck pain. The most common injuries to the spine occur when the employee hunches in his chair to concentrate on the computer screen. This action from the employee puts a great amount of pressure on the spine and so the injury occurs. It is wrong to think that sitting does not involve any muscular effort.

A straight upright posture should be maintained at all times to avoid any complications. Ideally the seat height must be adjustable to the exact height of the employee. It should not be difficult to adjust every time and the adjustment must be pneumatically done. The feet should always touch the ground whatever is the height of the employee to give a firm support to the body. The seat should have ample width to seat even a large person. More importantly you should be able to adjust the forward tilt and also the backward tilt in all the operator chairs as the employee often has to reach out for the filing cabinet without leaving his seat. To enhance the comfort level of the employee the height as well as the depth of the seat must be adjustable. All operator chairs and office chairs should have enough of good quality upholstery with a fabric that ensures airflow to the employee sitting on it. All operator chairs and office chairs must rotate 360 degrees to allow the employee to move around and get things done without leaving his seat. Armrests of the chairs should also be adjustable to keep the employee safe from thumb injury, what is commonly known as carpal tunnel syndrome. It gives an excruciating pain to the connective tissues of the thumb and the employee will face a great difficulty in using his thumb even for a simple task like pressing the space bar.

Do not generalize when it comes to selecting your office chairs and operator chairs. Ensure that each employee will find it tailor made to his size and height. The employee will not mind sitting on such a chair for a long time and needless to say that it will boost productivity and employee morale. Cost considerations should take a back seat and only the comfort and stress free mind of the employee matter here.