Mechanical keyboards are better for RSI and general comfort.
If you don't like them, complain to your manager that you need walled offices.
If you don't like them, complain to your manager that you need walled offices.
The anecdotes are correct: with a proper mechanical keyboard, you don't have to bottom out on the keys, and only have to press enough to make them click. Once you retrain yourself to do that, then you're putting a lot less stress on your fingers, compared to rubber-dome keyboards where you're forced to mash the keys down until they bottom out.