| g office desk furniture is a very important purchase | | | | Tip 6: See if the desk has an adjustable height. |
| because this is where you and your employees will | | | | Not all desks will have this but it could come in handy if |
| work. In fact, most of your employees will spend the | | | | the chairs you have do not have height adjustments. In |
| majority of their day at their desks and the proper | | | | fact, if a desk with an adjustable height is not more |
| office desk furniture will help with their productivity. | | | | expensive than one without, it might be wise to buy it |
| While to most all desks seem to have the same | | | | because then you can delay buying new chairs for a |
| functionality, there are some things to consider when | | | | little. The desk height should be between 29 and 30 |
| purchasing. And if you work in a home office, at some | | | | inches in order to be comfortable. |
| point you will need to get rid of the table and chair you | | | | Tip 7: Consider the computers. |
| use and buy a professional office desk. | | | | Many older desks were in service before personal |
| Tip 1: Consider the warranty. | | | | computers became popular. What this leads to is that |
| Desks in the mid-market price range might have | | | | you will have to either put your tower personal |
| warranties in the 5 to 15-year range. Those at the | | | | computer on top of the desk or underneath it on the |
| high-end of the price range might have warranties that | | | | floor. Putting it on top of the desk of course robs |
| span more than one decade. The interesting thing | | | | valuable space plus looks cluttered. Putting the tower |
| about the warranty on the desk is that it will give you | | | | on the floor puts it at risk of getting kicked and allows |
| an indication as to the quality of it. | | | | more dust to be introduced through the intake. When |
| Tip 2: Define the tasks of your employees to | | | | the computer is on the floor, it is not only at risk for |
| determine the types of desks to buy. | | | | dust but vacuum cleaners sometimes emit |
| Different employees have their unique tasks. It could | | | | interference that can damage integrated circuit boards |
| be one employee needs a larger workspace than | | | | inside. So a desk with a cradle for the computer is a |
| another. It could be one employee is more of an | | | | very wise choice as you can easily hide it away but it |
| executive type and needs a desk that facilitates office | | | | stays safe from electrostatic hazards and getting |
| meetings. If you are buying desks for the general work | | | | kicked. |
| area, keep collaboration in mind if you want your | | | | The desks that are computer ready sometimes have |
| employees to be able to communicate with each | | | | holes for the cabling to be neatly-routed. Some have |
| other. | | | | routing areas for wiring as well. And some even have |
| Tip 3: Get desks with a lot of space to write. | | | | a depressed area so you can place a surge protector |
| Stay away from the desks that have a lot of shelving | | | | at arm’s reach instead of having to bend and |
| space. While this might be great for storing all of the | | | | reach it from the floor. Remember that having to bend |
| office supplies and books, it interferes with the most | | | | over to the floor and reach is a risk for injury. |
| important reason for a desk and that is to work. | | | | Another nice feature in computer-ready desks is the |
| Tip 4: Consider the leg room of a desk. | | | | keyboard platform. It is good to get one with a |
| When considering the leg room a person has when | | | | keyboard platform large enough to hold the mouse. |
| sitting at the desk you are considering buying, you | | | | Otherwise you have to operate the mouse off of the |
| need to also consider the desk chair as well. But the | | | | platform and this presents an unsightly wire or worse |
| desk you buy should allow the person sitting at it the | | | | yet you get an injury because you are reaching to the |
| ability to put the legs all the way under the desktop | | | | side. |
| and be able to sit comfortably. If the desk is one that is | | | | Tip 8: Consider the shape. |
| L-shaped, then the person should be able to rotate | | | | Some desks that are in an L-shape are more useful |
| from one side of the desk to the other with clearance | | | | because things like computer screens, keyboards, and |
| for the legs to do such. Another thing to consider is | | | | printers can be on that leg while there is writing room |
| that when there is inadequate leg room, you can find | | | | on the main desk. There are also kidney-shaped |
| yourself sitting back away from the desk and leaning | | | | desks. Some desks suit just fine as single units so that |
| forward to write or view the computer screen. This is | | | | others in the office can meet around it. It all depends |
| like asking for a back or shoulder injury. With adequate | | | | on what you need for you and your employees out of |
| and comfortable leg room cramps can be prevented. | | | | a desk. |
| Tip 5: Get a desk with two to three drawers. | | | | A quality desk and chair are probably the two most |
| Desks are not places to make stacks of papers yet | | | | important items you will have in an office. Office |
| people do this all the time. If you do not have the | | | | supplies and computers will be replaced several times |
| proper storage space inside of your desk, you will | | | | in the life of a business but desks will probably remain |
| quickly find yourself accumulating what looks like a | | | | for many years. Productivity depends on the comfort |
| paper drive on top of it. You also want to make sure | | | | and utility the desks you purchase provide. So take |
| that one of the drawers is large enough to store | | | | some time and consider all areas about office desk |
| suspension file folders. | | | | furniture. |