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Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by cweiss on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @06:21PM (#4139438)
For what it's worth, most generic budget cube work surfaces are essentially adjustable shelves. With a little effort, you can unscrew the surface, move the shelf brackets up a few notches, and screw the desk surface back on. I've done that at my work place. We're a little 'loose' on that sort of thing, so permission wasn't required. I just went and did it one evening. It was more about social acceptance than actual policy.
Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by WimLeers on Thursday June 21, 2012 @05:24PM (#4144266)
You get them at Facebook if you're a full-time employee — and possibly only after a few months or so.

I was an intern there so I didn't have one, but a colleague and my manager used standing desks, probably as per the advice of Facebook's ergo(nomics) team. Those desks could also be lowered to regular desks at the touch of a button.

Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by kellyreid on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @03:05PM (#4138576)
I know crystalcommerce.com does. They're an ecommerce portal for gaming industry sellers.
Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by fleclerc on Saturday June 23, 2012 @09:00PM (#4152268)
Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by GigabyteCoin on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @11:12PM (#4140360)
I'll take that as a no in general (I assume more people would have responded if they knew of any), thanks for the responses though guys!
Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by monty_singh on Saturday June 23, 2012 @07:12PM (#4152046)
I believe you can get a standing desk for your cube at Intel. I remember seeing quite a few of them.
Re:Ask HN: Do any technology companies provide standing desk... by caw on Saturday June 23, 2012 @08:49PM (#4152240)
The older Intel cubes allow the desks to be affixed in the standing position. The newer style cubes have sit/stand desks.