Unfortunately our remote work budgets got slashed too, so I'm definitely not in market for a Herman Miller Aeron (>2000€ chair).

True but there's a difference. When I used to go to office my desk had a top of the line ₹50,000 chair. I'd never pay more than ₹10,000 for a chair at home.

(Off topic) Oh man, I highlighted that monetary amount and my iPhone automatically converted it into $121 USD in the little popup menu

Yup, but 3+ years into WFH none of these big office furniture companies has put even an ounce of effort into rebranding and serving the home market. No one is buying a $1700 chair for their home office. I don't need a sales rep to sell me a deal. "Adapt or die" is a constant in business, and this one clearly didn't do a good job at the former.

> No one is buying a $1700 chair for their home office.

I bought a $1200 Steelcase chair for my home office. Well, "bought." I expensed it back to my employer, who gave me a budget for this.

Perhaps that's where Herman Miller should be focusing -- show companies that reinvesting some of their office furniture budget into employees' home offices has a significant benefit to employee productivity (because employees will actually be able to sit at their desks for a reasonable amount of time).

It's one thought amongst many.

I actually own a Knoll chair (the company mentioned in the article) and it's fantastic!