Swivel chairs and standing desks are now in short supply as thousands of employees scramble to set up home offices amid efforts by workplaces to pre-empt widespread self-isolation measures.

At an Officeworks store in the Melbourne CBD, customers were told there was only a single computer monitor left for sale in the entire store by Monday afternoon. Backorders were not expected to arrive until April.

Ryan Byrne was one of the lucky ones as he readied himself to work from home for more than a week.

"The screen I wanted was actually sold out, and I think I got the second last one left of another model," he said. "I expected it to be this busy, really. I think with what's happening with the world at the moment, everyone will be working from home soon."

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