If you WFH what has your employer provided you with?

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Better chair needed, back is suffering, Our home is now suffering as we don’t have space and it’s getting us down, but that’s another matter. I feel companies are getting away with the expense of providing chair, desk, stationery, headsets, etc etc and so another thing they are saving on, so why not replace it with an allowance or actually checking what you need? Annoying that it’s taken for granted that employee just provides everything that employers once had to.

Anyone else similar or is it just me?

I agree, re furniture, hardware should be provided by the company to meet their requirements though.
I've wfh since 1995, when DHs job moved. It was fairly unusual then. We chose our house with the need for a home office forefront in our minds. Computers etc always company kit, desk, side table and chair are mine. Back then the company paid for a business phone/internet line - unusual and very expensive! - but now it's assumed everyone has adequate provision anyway.

If it's the company's decision that you have to wfh then that's different.

I'm fully wfh and getting everything provided laptop, screen, monitor, headset chair. I already had a desk but they would have provided that too if I hadn't got one.

When I was hybrid I had all of that except the chair as it was my choice to wfh.

Nothing but like a PP, my contracted place of work is the office and wfh is an offer. Although the office isn't large enough now for all of us to work there!

I did take the office chair during Covid, and as the desk space has since reduced, they haven't asked for it back. If I left, I'd have to return it as it's a really expensive one!

Standard issue: laptop, riser, keyboard, mouse, 2nd screen, headphones, desk and chair.

At home I have a company provided 2nd screen. I have bought my own keyboard and mouse. I have a study at home and always did.

I also have a work phone.

I like hybrid. I work from home two days a week. It's swings and roundabouts. Working from home I save petrol and a little time (my drive is only 30 mins) buy I use more heating.

Our policy is that we will provide one of everything. Staff don't have to work from home. If they have a disability we will pay towards an ergonomic set up at home.

We have an IT form to order the standard things you need to WFH with no quibbling.

For other things I had an occupational therapist online appointment from a work employee and then I got extra things to ease pain due to poor work set up. It has really made a difference.

We provide office space for our employees - so they have a spot to work every day - if they choose to work from home they need to ensure their working environment is appropriate - that means safe, quiet (distraction free) and they need to have good wifi. During Covid we offered a desk and chairs subsidy. All our team get laptops, headsets, mobile phone, second screens, docking stations and stationery.

As PPs have said, it depends if WFH is mandatory or optional.

If mandatory (like it was during lockdown when most people weren't allowed to go to their workplace) then your home is your place of work and your employer has a responsibility to ensure you have the appropriate equipment there. If WFH is optional, then their responsibility is for equipment in their workplace, ie office, and your responsibility is for your home environment. They'll say if you don't have a suitable environment at home, work in the office instead.

By the way, decent office chairs are expensive. During covid our staff had difficulty getting a decent chair for £100 - even the one we were told to buy from our office furniture supplier.

What about all the money uou are saving not going to the office? What about all the time you are saving also?
Jobsworth.

Employers save a lot of money when they can assume a lower percentage occupancy of offices and employees bear the costs of surrendering part of their home for company free use. Don't assume that's the case, we don't save any money when employees choose to wfh - we pay for their desks 5 days a week and given the choice we'd prefer they came into the office anyway.

During covid our staff had difficulty getting a decent chair for £100 - even the one we were told to buy from our office furniture supplier.

My American colleagues had problems as there were shortages of chairs for sale, but the U.K. ones had sensibly been allowed to take their office chairs home.

If a company decides to close its office and have staff wfh surely they'd let them take whatever of their furniture they needed? I had a previous stint of wfh around 1990 when DH was seconded to the US. By odd coincidence my company had an office nearby, but it was scheduled to close. So I started there and then took desk, chair, office supplies and even some plants!

@RedbuttonGreenbutton - in your case your company hasn't lowered occupancy though, you've not changed to 'hot-desking'.

If employer forces WFH they should provide a suitable desk/chair etc.

Most places IME say it's optional to WFH and part of that is the employee agreeing they have a suitable set up.

I work for a local council, no office option.
Have to provide laptop/ wifi etc myself, and travel costs when going to sites

I’ve only ever wfh, it’s varied from normally the standard is just a computer and accessories but for several I’ve had the option to buy a chair or desk out of an office budget. Had one company that was a big corporation though, that literally sent what felt like everything plus the kitchen sink, fire extinguisher, first aid kit and all sorts of stuff plus the option to buy chair and standing desk out of a wfh office budget.

Things were provided during lockdown, as no one had worked from home before, so laptops, extra monitor, we could expense minor things like a footrest or get a contribution towards an office chair.

But after that, once we were working hybrid, if you joined later or wanted anything other than the laptop you had to buy it yourself.

We both work from home and our employers will provide anything we need. We already had everything though.

No that doesn't sound ok.
I'm similar to you, fully site based until covid then fully WFH for over a year after covid, now hybrid.
I went home with everything I needed when covid hit, laptop, monitor, keyboard, headphones etc. Then they provided up to £200 as a one off to claim for desk & chair bought for home use.
Have to do an annual ergonomic assessment and have been provided a different keyboard and mouse after doing one of them (was getting shoulder pain).
We're even allowed to take stationery to use at home when we're on site.
I work for a large company though so I guess they have the money and it's in their interest to keep staff safe and happy.

This is only for people who are full time homeworking or possibly on formal hybrid arrangements. If you choose to work from home as the employer is flexible, then it is the individual's responsibility to have the relevant equipment. Otherwise the employer can just say to go to the office where a suitable environment exists.

Genuinely nothing. Fully remote job, no office to go to. Have to provide my own laptop, phone handset etc. My phone bill is paid for. Noone has ever asked to do a work station assessment or anything like that. All on me.

Anything we need that we used to have in the office.

I don't have a dedicated office at home (work 3 days per week) but I have a laptop, large screen, earphones, docking station, mat, mouse.

Could have a chair / second screen if I wanted.

Laptop replaced every 18 months as well.

I’m wfh but can work in office if I want

I can have one monitor, mouse, keyboard, very basic headset for calls.

When I was a manager I would always ask employees to confirm they had a proper desk and 5-wheeled office chair, quiet space to work, decent Broadband when I interviewed people.

For my two pregnant team members I made sure they got asked regularly if they were still comfortable (as can’t see them , hard to know if struggling).

I have known some people with diagnosed back problems get a fancy sit-stand deal even wfh!

Have a gentle chat with your manager, see what can be done

Use the money you aren't spending on communiting on some nice office furniture.

FYI, I'm 100% wfh and when I started I built a garden office and out fitted it properly.

I have only ever been given a laptop and a headset, everything else I bought.

Having to make space for a desk etc is the biggest pain.

So I’m not alone then.

I work 60:40% home:office. I have additional equipment so I only need to take my laptop to and fro. I have a printer due to the nature of my job. For stationery I top up from the office or buy on expenses. I'm not going to subsidise an organisation much wealthier than me! I already had a desk and operator chair. If wfh doesn't suit you, go back to the office. I have colleagues who work 100% in the office because it works better for them.