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Ergonomics--aargh!
Please bear with me as I vent a bit of steam.
I work in medical billing. It's a 9-5ish office job. I spend a lot of time sitting down at my desk. I got one of these (http://www.nadachair.com) which has helped with low back issues, but generally I have the sense to get up and stretch when I need to.
No, I don't, my company says. I need to get up and participate in mandatory ergonomic exercises twice a day, at 10 am and at 3 pm. These rather silly, ineffective "exercises" are led by someone who has no formal training (she is part of a "safety committee") and we are required to sign off on a sheet. Disciplinary action can be taken; we cannot opt out of this.
It's not a HUGE inconvenience, but both times fall within my busiest times of the day, when I'm doing research and really don't want to be yanked out of my headspace to do side bends and "executive stretches."
It's the company's way of heading off worker's compensation suits for fatigue and strain-related injuries, and it's just all so...silly.
I work in medical billing. It's a 9-5ish office job. I spend a lot of time sitting down at my desk. I got one of these (http://www.nadachair.com) which has helped with low back issues, but generally I have the sense to get up and stretch when I need to.
No, I don't, my company says. I need to get up and participate in mandatory ergonomic exercises twice a day, at 10 am and at 3 pm. These rather silly, ineffective "exercises" are led by someone who has no formal training (she is part of a "safety committee") and we are required to sign off on a sheet. Disciplinary action can be taken; we cannot opt out of this.
It's not a HUGE inconvenience, but both times fall within my busiest times of the day, when I'm doing research and really don't want to be yanked out of my headspace to do side bends and "executive stretches."
It's the company's way of heading off worker's compensation suits for fatigue and strain-related injuries, and it's just all so...silly.
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