Hidden, ‘Internal Ergonomics’ That Waste Funds and Cost You (and Your Staff) Dearly!

Haste may “make waste” as the adage goes, but what makes the maximum waste in business? How about investing countless billions of dollars in ergonomic office furniture, yet leaving employees uncomfortable and stressed at work?

In 2023, sales of standing desks alone crushed over $6.6 billion in sales revenue and purported to grow at a staggering rate, even at this record-high volume with sales reaching over $10 billion within 5 years. This is concurrent with the sales of ergonomic chairs totaling a walloping $9+ billion expected to approach $12 billion in the same half-decade stretch. A lot of money “left on the table” by any standard.

Employee productivity and morale are known dilemmas in the business and corporate sector, especially in this fast-paced, transient time of aggressive recruiting and head-hunting tactics and employees drifting from job to job, less lifetime-career-minded, and intensely focused on what more they can get elsewhere.

Human resource issues notwithstanding, the day-to-day problems of keeping employees producing happily includes addressing their stress levels, safety and comfort, making production easier with less incidence of injury. Prevention has always been the watchword of the workplace, even with federal OSHA standards to keep the pressure on employers to so comply with this under law.