This chair is surprisingly comfortable, though I don't know if you could use it as a work chair for 8 hours a day, but it does feel good on my back and is nice if you're leaning back some on a phone call, etc. It's really beautiful (I bought the mustard and sent it back for the emerald; both were very nice and true to the color on the website.) Assembly took two minutes. Looks very high quality and worth the money.