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Working from Home
Learn how to become a telecommuting mom!
Thinking about working from home? There are a growing number of workers enjoying the advantages of flextime arrangements, telecommuting, freelancing, and job-sharing. With careful planning, some research, a little discipline, and a lot of persistence, you can be on your way! Here's how to get started.
If you've already got a good job, make that your starting point.
- Does anyone in your company telecommute? If so, ask them about what they do and how they negotiated the deal.
- Are there any components of your job that can be done from home?
- Write a telecommuting proposal that gives clear reasons why and how you can do all or part of your work from home, and submit it to your supervisor.
- If your company is not amenable to such arrangements, it may be time to look elsewhere for better opportunities.
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I would love to have a work at home job, but it seems all the jobs I inquire about are fake. I haven't had a job for 2 years now, just before I had my daughter. Could someone please give me a legitimate work from home job? I know that jobs that ask you to pay money before you start are a fake, I'm not dumb.
3/6/2012 07:06:36 PM Report AbuseI've been working from home for 11 years for the same employer who is family oriented and doesn't micro-manage. My kids are 10 and 2. Also important that your spouse be supportive. With baby #2 I was working more in the evenings or weekends when he was home to help with the kids. There are days when I would love to leave my kids at daycare and go to work in an office, but my overall exprience has been positive and feel very lucky to have the ability to be home with my kids.
3/2/2012 10:56:32 AM Report Abusethis won't let me type much, so posting again...it was very rewarding to be able to have them home with me and work, but honestly the idea of being a stay at home mom would have been CAKE compared to trying to work and do all of the SAHM things. It was not what I imagined at all! I get much more work done now, needless to say :)
3/2/2012 10:50:50 AM Report AbuseI have been a work from home mom for 6 years now. I am a graphic designer and work for an ad agency on a salaried basis and also do freelance. I had my oldest daughter while working from home and then my youngest daughter. They are now almost 2 and 4. I had to send them to daycare outside of the home eventually. It was very hard to watch them and work.
3/2/2012 10:49:24 AM Report AbuseIf you are going to work from home it is also a good idea to check on the validity of the business you are going to work with, both through personnel references as well as making sure the business is accredited with the Better Business Bureau. Such as http://www.evmamas.com/ccatlin83
11/28/2011 10:38:51 AM Report Abuse