Are ergonomic chairs an IQ tax?
Are ergonomic chairs an IQ tax?
Everyone has different opinions on this issue. From my personal understanding, ergonomic chairs are not considered an IQ tax.
The most important thing is to see whether you have needs. If you don't have needs, don't say spend 2,000 yuan to buy a chair. Even if you spend 500 yuan to buy a chair, you will think it is expensive and you will think it is an IQ tax.
If you usually sit for a long time every day, I think it is worth spending some money to buy a comfortable and healthy chair.
1. Do we really need ergonomic chairs?
Whether you need an ergonomic chair mainly depends on how long you sit for a long time every day.
If you have to sit for more than half a day at work, it is still recommended to choose an ergonomic chair. An ergonomic chair can provide certain and reasonable support for your neck, waist, and hips to maintain a healthy physiological curvature of the spine. Relieve fatigue caused by prolonged sitting.
If you only need to sit for 1-2 hours a day, I think an ordinary chair is enough, and you don't need to buy an ergonomic chair.
2. Who needs ergonomic chairs?
Which groups of people need ergonomic chairs? I also said it in the picture at the beginning, such as programmers, designers, text workers, students, senior game and animation nerds, and doctors. I think they are all needed. Their characteristics What is it? That means sitting for a long time, so as long as your job requires you to sit for a long time (sitting here refers to sitting for half a day), I think you can consider an ergonomic chair.