Whose office here does not have a standing desk? Why hasn’t everyone in big law upgraded to this by now…? if I’m expected to come to the office, at least upgrade the furniture.

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Standing desk is standard issue where I am.

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I had assumed all firms moved to standing desks. Even in our old office we had standing desk converters.

We can get an add-on to our desks if we specifically request them, but they aren’t given to us without asking. I’m not a standing desk kind of person

No standing desks at my firm. AmLaw 50

I mean, I have one, but it doesn’t work and it’s so full of files I wouldn’t stand it up even if I wanted to.

My old firm wouldn’t pay for it without medical need! Lolol it was an AmLaw 25 and my prior firm, a top 50 had fully loaded standing desks for everyone

Never trust the standers.

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