If you WFH what has your employer provided you with?

[Nonotpossible]

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?

Laptop, laptop stand, keyboard mouse, keyboard and mouse wrist supports, extra monitor, headset, dock to plug everything into, office chair, footrest if you need one. I could have had a straight or corner desk of various sizes if I needed one, a robust DSE assessment which identify if you need a £££ office chair / standing desk or something more custom etc.

Yes, I'm in the same position. I have a laptop provided - that's it. But it's my choice to WFH some days, and I'm very grateful for the flexibility my employer allows. It would be wrong for me to start asking for a chair etc when I can just go into the office. Quite different if your contract is WFH though - then I think the employer does bear some responsibility.

I used to walk to work, it was doable in all weathers and one reason I enjoyed going into the office. The only office now is too remote and so it’s one of the reasons why very few people try to get in. No money or room for garden office.

Contractually work from home. Provided with:

Office Chair
Desk - could be sent one or £150 towards desk of my choosing, so long as it met minimum depth/width standards.
Monitor
Docking Station
Keyboard/Mouse/Headset
Lamp

I know of colleagues with foot rests, or have been provided with standing desks where reasonable adjustments apply.

This is public sector. They take DSE very seriously - we have to send in photo of wfh set up every 12 months. They offer online DSE assessments via Teams.

If working from dining room table etc you are in breach of employment contract. It’s clear under the terms of your homeworking contract you need a suitable space to wfh and they will provide the tools and equipment where needed.

I could have asked for a screen but I only wfh 2 days a week so haven’t bothered (I don’t want the clutter). We have a study so can shut the door but otherwise I’d just work in the office more.

Laptop
2 monitors - usually 1 as standard but I managed to get another due to my specific role
Keyboard and mouse

I bought the desk and laptop raiser myself and the chair I managed to get free from someone in another department giving it away.

Ideally my organisation would provide everything but WFH is seen as a privilege not a right so that's the way it is. Although there isn't space for everyone in the office!

A laptop and headphones. I cld have got a screen or 2 but decided not too as at that time I had no where for a desk so worked from kitchen table. I do have an office now but I haven't bothered to get screens. I don't even use a mouse just the curser on the laptop as I've gotten so used to it!

I was on maternity leave for the initial Covid and they let everyone claim £150 in expenses. I came back and they said no that's finished now. We can get u a desk and chair but u have to collect it from the office 😧

I wld have probably been able to fit in the boot of my car with seats down but I wasn't removing the kids car seats to try. So I forked out for my own desk and chair 🙄

I can get stationery at the office when I'm in but I don't actually know how or where as we used to have a cupboard u cld help yourself. Although I know we still have a stationery supplier and see the invoices. I just buy my own supplies.

100% WFH and I have a laptop, 2 monitors, a keyboard, mouse, foot rest, proper chair and they reimbursed me for buying a desk.
I claim for notepads and pens also.

It's their responsibility to equip you with everything like they would if you were in an office.

I think it could be a bit of a grey area tbh.

What does your contract say? That's what it comes down to.

We received headsets (one wired, one wireless) and second monitor when Covid hit, we already had laptops, and were asked to take our keyboard and mouse.

We got £250 towards a desk and chair.

Since then we moved to hybrid we were asked to bring back our keyboard/mouse and the wireless headsets. I managed to get a second keyboard as I have a permanent wrist injury and can't use the laptop keypad for 8 hours/day.

Anything for home now has to be bought on our own.

@Nonotpossible your question should be about what you are legally entitled to.

The Health & Safety Executive are clear you must have a DSE workstation assessment annually. https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/index.htm

You should also have a free annual DSE eyesight test.

HSE are clear you also need a DSE if you work from home and they must provide the equipment you need e.g. a chair.https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/home-working.htm

In my experience if you have a facilities team they are normally responsible for H & S so DSE assessments. It’s a pity when the closed the office they didn’t offer staff their work chairs as this would have made good business sense.

Use the checklist to do the DSE self assessment and send the results to your manager. Cc in HR, Facilities and set out what equipment you need.

I’m contracted to work 100% from home, and work provided my laptop etc and monitors. In covid i e got a stipend towards furniture so I used that and got my desk, chair and laptop stand myself as I wanted specific items. The entire company also gets a yearly wellness allowance which you can use towards stuff like this

Our hybrid employees get different kit now as they’re expected to be in the office at least 10 days a month

Same. Fully remote (predates covid), provide own laptop, have to use own phone, internet, furniture. No workstation assessment, no chair or any other equipment provided.

Sorry, that was meant to be quoting a PP but clearly did not work

I have worked from home since covid, not my choice we were never given the option to go back to office and we have been provided with literally nothing.

Thanks for this thread OP - it has prompted me to ask health and safety at work whether the assessment tool we have should be applied to home work stations as well as office ones and they are going to roll out the assessment for home working. I am in the fortunate position I have a home office with a good set up - it's a spare room I overhauled for my hobbies and bought an operator chair for in 2019.

I am shocked that so many employers seem to not be dining annual DSE assessments on employees who WFH. It’s a self assessment so not that difficult to do.

Nothing

Laptop. I already had a chair, monitor, keyboard and mouse. My keyboard needs replacing now and my work will do that. Everything else if find and I don't see the point in getting new stuff just because I can.

When my son started work last year, he was provided with a laptop, desk, chair, keyboard, mouse, headphones with microphone, and screen. A full set up really. Takes his laptop to work with him as they have no computers in the office, just the same set up, i.e. desk, chair, screen, keyboard and mouse. So he carries his laptop around and just plugs it in whether in the office or a home.

Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Headset
Chair

I also claimed for wireless headphones. Colleague got an electric rising desk (by going on and on about minor niggles in her wrist 🙄). A normal riser is standard if you want one. People claim for ink and printer paper too.

Everyone in our company is allowed to buy stuff from the Amazon account set up, so keyboards, extra screens, headsets and chairs, everyone has a budget so when we need something we can just get what's recommended

Obviously if we leave the company, items like extra screens will need to be returned along with company laptop

Ours says it should, the onus is on the employee to ensure it is, they don't check. If anyone raises their space does not meet the DSE requirements they are told to come into the office unless the employee can create a DSE complaint space at home. They follow up on this. I don't see it has a companies responsibility to ensure anyone has the right setup at home if they provide a complaint office space.

I have no idea what the law is though!

I'm hybrid so just the mouse and headphones. I pick up stationery in the office. I bought a second hand TV in the pandemic to use as a second monitor.

Absolutely the assessment for is relevant for wherever you are working. Ours is a self assessment form linked to a catalog of things we can order to be delivered to home.

One of the benefits of working for a major corporate who takes employee health seriously.

If your current organisation is not aware of the risks they are running, best get yourself informed and then start asking. All the best