Work From Home
Jun. 13th, 2020 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribLike most office-bound professionals, I’ve been working from home since mid-March. This exposed a logistical flaw in my work from home setup. I’ve been reluctant to fix the flaw because I don’t know if work-from-home will become a permanent thing or not. Fortunately, an idea from my dad has fixed the problem. First, a little background.
In my previous jobs, work from home was a rare thing, never more than one day a week. Perching a laptop on a corner of my main desk in my home office was perfectly functional. Not so much with this job. I frequently find myself running a video conference as the presenter while having to keep two chat programs up. Multiple monitors are required.
The immediate solution was to clear off an old wooden table and use it as the work desk. There were two problems with that. First, I had a minimal amount of real estate to work with. Second, the table was a pedestal leg and a foot of that pedestal was right where the wheels from my desk chair wanted to go.
I strongly considered buying a new desk, one big enough for my personal PC, work PC and two printers. Besides the risk of ending up not needing that rig come pandemic end, there was a significant expense and hassle factor. Fortunately, I was able to solve all my problems with the purchase of a folding table. A six-foot long model gave me more then adequate real estate, chair clearance, and should my situation change the table can fold away and go into storage.
Thanks Dad!
In my previous jobs, work from home was a rare thing, never more than one day a week. Perching a laptop on a corner of my main desk in my home office was perfectly functional. Not so much with this job. I frequently find myself running a video conference as the presenter while having to keep two chat programs up. Multiple monitors are required.
The immediate solution was to clear off an old wooden table and use it as the work desk. There were two problems with that. First, I had a minimal amount of real estate to work with. Second, the table was a pedestal leg and a foot of that pedestal was right where the wheels from my desk chair wanted to go.
I strongly considered buying a new desk, one big enough for my personal PC, work PC and two printers. Besides the risk of ending up not needing that rig come pandemic end, there was a significant expense and hassle factor. Fortunately, I was able to solve all my problems with the purchase of a folding table. A six-foot long model gave me more then adequate real estate, chair clearance, and should my situation change the table can fold away and go into storage.
Thanks Dad!
