What kind of chairs do bankers get?

I have been wondering what kind of desk chairs investment bankers use? Do they get to pick their own chairs? Just wondering how chair acquisition is done. It would make sense for bankers to get to pick what chair they want seeing as how they spend alot of time in the office. If you are a banker, what kind of chair do you have?

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feenans]saw Pininfarina chairs at one boutique trading floor. by far the most baller thing I know http://www.opentip.com/Tools-Auto-Industrial/Racechairs-Pininfarina-Xte…]

Here's a quote from the website: [quote

Pininrafina spent over $1.5 million designing this to be the most ergonomic chair in the marketplace

I'm no chair expert, but seems a bit excessive....

 

All the MDs have giant porcelain shit-cans behind their desks, from which they generate a constant stream of work and changes that funnel directly onto your desk.

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Aren't less comfortable chairs more conducive to longer periods of awake-time (productivity)? I would fall asleep on an Aeron.

 
m.c.traderIt looks like one of those aliens in District 9......

I'd say a destroyer droid from Episode I.

JUST LOOK AT THAT SIDEVIEW

And regarding the actual chair itself, I've always been opposed to mesh, so the aesthetic beauty is a 1/10 for me. Regarding comfort, I'd just go to Staples and try them all out.

Don't forget a chiropractor, and best of luck..

"Salesmen and traders are wild, cunning, aboriginal creatures who advise money managers about deceiving their bosses and finding new strip bars; their favourite phrase is, "Fuck you." IBankers eat fruit. Salesmen and traders eat meat, preferably fried."
 

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