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Published Sun, Feb 26, 2023 · 03:36 PM
    • Brandi Susewitz, who runs an office furniture resale business called Reseat, looks at two red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chairs during a visit to Sitecore in downtown San Francisco. As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade.
    • Brandi Susewitz, who runs an office furniture resale business called Reseat, looks at two red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chairs during a visit to Sitecore in downtown San Francisco. As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade. PHOTO: NYTIMES

    BRANDI Susewitz touched the curved stitching on a pair of bright red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chairs and announced they were worth around US$5,000 each. The chairs were in pristine condition, perched in the reception area of the software company Sitecore’s office in downtown San Francisco.

    Trisha Murcia, Sitecore’s workplace manager, said she was most likely the only person who ever sat on them. “It’s really sad,” she said. “They opened this office in 2018 and then Covid happened.”

    Murcia led Susewitz around Sitecore’s office, pointing out bar stools that had never been used, 90-inch flat screens, shiny conference room tables and accent chairs from the retailer Blu Dot. The whiteboard walls, outfitted with markers and erasers, were spotless. And rows upon rows of 30-by-60-inch height-adjustable Knoll desks with Herman Miller Aeron chairs sat collecting dust.

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