My new employer has given me $400 for WFH office expenses. I already have 2 monitors, a decent office chair, keyboard, and mouse. What should I spend the money on?

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A better than decent office chair

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Would you have to return the chair when you leave the company? If so, I say get $400 worth of coffee and snacks. And pens. Fancy pens.

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Printer and toner maybe? Or a footrest if your chair isn't exactly right. Speaker/headset is a good idea too.

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Internet service.

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Monitor arms.

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True, this is a great suggestion. Really frees up desk space

Depends how they’re doing it. If it’s in the form of a gift card to Amazon or what not, spend it on whatever the hell you want. That’s why my firm did and I used some of the funds to buy a new game for my Switch

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