Anyone here work from home?

Mp4 · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:27

Hi all,

I've been off work since xmas day due to a knee injury.
I work in retail as a baker and am thinking of trying to find a new job asap. Does anyone work from home and get a decent income from doing so? As retail is all i know & since i left college in 2004 my quallifications are obsolite now.

neil3k · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:34

you could be a rent boy

Mp4 · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:35

neil3k said:
you could be a rent boy

Cheers Neil3k

hehe

J.B · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:37

In my opinion WFH is over rated, I actually enjoy going to the office and seeing people.

I get around · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:49

I've never known anyone work entirely from home earn/ profit more than a few hundred a month.
It's really not doable, if your knee injury makes it difficult for you to move about, carry loaves etc. Try get a desk job, I would say checkouts but it's soul destroying being on checkouts.

trent · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:50

Working from home can get lonely.

Zirax · 24 Feb 2010 at 17:58

You could try setting up your own business. Not always easy depending on what you want to do.

trent said:
Working from home can get lonely.

I will say when I worked from home for 4 days a week for a year, the walls in the house did seem to grow

However I find that whenever I do have a few days at home I get tonnes more done in that time then in the office.

Tripnologist · 24 Feb 2010 at 18:16

I get around said:
I've never known anyone work entirely from home earn/ profit more than a few hundred a month.

I work entirely from home and am paid quite well.

arknor · 24 Feb 2010 at 18:24

I get around said:
I've never known anyone work entirely from home earn/ profit more than a few hundred a month.
It's really not doable, if your knee injury makes it difficult for you to move about, carry loaves etc. Try get a desk job, I would say checkouts but it's soul destroying being on checkouts.

then you havent known many people who work from home.

your mum doing those sort 1billion letters into piles from an advert in the paper doesnt count

Albo · 24 Feb 2010 at 18:25

I worked from home for 2 years and was paid well. Was good for a couple of months, but I eventually hated it. I missed the banter - it's so lonely.

pduk · 25 Feb 2010 at 10:36

I work from home apart from visiting the office around one day a month. For a long time I was a self-employed consultant, but last year I took a "normal" job at my main client and I carried on home working. There has to be a certain amount of trust, but I've known these people for many years so they know I can deliver. I'm in IT (like so many others) and programming is eminently suited to doing at home.

It can, and does, get rather isolated. I think you need a certain temperament to be able to do it.