It's not uncomfortable, it's just not comfortable either. Chair seems slightly used or repackaged from from used parts while others are new. Kinda bizarre. The arm rests are definitely scuffed (used), but the bottom and back of the chair is new. Poorly packaged and wrapped with box tape. You get what you pay for. I would not recline all the way back. Doesn't seem that stable. The sides of the chair is stiff yet hollow. Just a frame wrapped in "leather". When you touch it there's nothing behind it.