So you have determined you have a Generation Y Working sort of personality, you have found an avenue to work remotely and have set out your personal and professional goals you hope to achieve. So you are all set to start working from home, right?
Well, I would argue that you might not be as prepared as you might have assumed. Fortunately, the unpreparedness can be easily resolved with a few unique tools I have discovered to be mightily beneficial in my own remote working experiences. Read more…
Do you love to get in your car every morning to drive to work and again every evening to drive home? Do you enjoy rush hour traffic? Does filling up your car with gasoline fill you with happiness and pride? If so, this article is not for you. If, on the other hand, you wish you could be more independent of your car and not tied to the petrochemical industry through the fuel pump umbilical cord, read on. Read more…
That is a bold statement, I know! Yet, in case you were wondering which of these two is the winner, I’ll save you the suffering and doubt (ok, you were not actually in pain, were you?) and tell you that working from home is my best friend, most of the time. I will share with you my experience as a freelance worker and tell you the good, the bad and the ugly of this.
Every day more and more companies are offering Remote-Work privileges. If your job does not require you to be in a specific location and interacting with certain people, then you can probably accomplish your tasks from home. Even interacting with people has been solved with a wide range of video-conference technologies available today. Read more…
There’s a common misconception when it comes to home workers that everyone is self employed living off their internet businesses with no ties to actual organisations. This is simply untrue. The majority of home workers are employed individuals working for some of the biggest organisations throughout the country. Think O2 or how about Barclays Bank? There are some real power houses within the business world that employ those who work at home.
As a freelance copywriter, I’ve been working from home for about six years and during that time, I’ve wavered between loving it and wondering if working in an office would be more enjoyable. However, since living with my partner for the last two years, our after-work story sharing has made me more and more appreciative for the peace, autonomy and control that I’m granted by working from a home office. While his days in the office are filled with issues and stress, I’m able to side-step most of these problems, letting me finish my days on a high. Read more…