[Heffalump]

HR - I used to work 3 days in the office 2 days at home, but I have recently changed jobs and now work 4 days in the office with flexible hours, and 1 day (for my previous employer) from home. Mainly policy / agreement writing, contracts, investigations etc.

[Mandy1980]

I am currently in the process of setting up my own Bookkeeping business from home.

I am due back to work in April after 2 years mat leave but the thought of having to organise 4 kids, travel an hour each way to the office and run a household is overwhelming. I went back after each of my older 3 were only 6 months old, but I just cant do it again. Plus I am really enjoying being a SAHM for the first time.

So, I have cleared out my toyroom and created a great office, I enrolled in the Cert IV in Bookkeeping and am looking forward to all the challenges ahead, which will hopefully give reward down the track.

Good luck with what you decide to do.

Mandy

This post has been edited by Mandy1980: 10/01/2012, 11:42 AM

[It's Me]

josh2003...soo true! I thought the same thing....

I have a friend who is a sales rep and gets paid 9-5 and is always home by 3.30 when her son is home from school...she does her targets which I guess is why she gets away with it but still if I was her employer I would be peeved..no wonder a lot of companies o/s are putting gps trackers in the cars....and catch their employees out at home

See - I'm a sales rep too, and I can sometimes find myself at home earlier, or leaving home later. Yep - it has it's perks. But I'm also on the laptop or the phone (time differences) at some crazy time of the night at least a few nights a week, so I think it all evens out in the end!

This post has been edited by It's Me: 23/03/2012, 10:07 PM

[Rach42]

I am currently in the process of setting up my own Bookkeeping business from home.

I am due back to work in April after 2 years mat leave but the thought of having to organise 4 kids, travel an hour each way to the office and run a household is overwhelming. I went back after each of my older 3 were only 6 months old, but I just cant do it again. Plus I am really enjoying being a SAHM for the first time.

So, I have cleared out my toyroom and created a great office, I enrolled in the Cert IV in Bookkeeping and am looking forward to all the challenges ahead, which will hopefully give reward down the track.

Good luck with what you decide to do.

Mandy

This is what I am thinking of doing... I am currently 16 weeks pg and unemployed so have been trying to come up with things I can do at home, and possibly out of home down the track when bubs is older. Have you started your course at all Mandy? Do you have bookkeeping experience already?

[shellycs]

I quit my job to start my own business just before I found out I was pregnant. I used to work for an international company looking after marketing across Asia Pacific so there was always very long hours, 5am meetings and lots of travel. I have been able to work from home for a few years which is why I put up with the sometimes 17 hour days and stress of the job for as long as I did.

My business now is about helping people find their passion and turn that into a successful business. It's about creating multiple streams of income so you are creating a business not another job.

[cosmic79]

I have a small transcription business that I run from home. I absolutely LOVE it, and consider it a bit of a hobby as well because I enjoy it so much. I probably work nearly double the hours that I would do with an office job, but I wouldn't change it for the world!

[Mummy Duck]

I sell online baby/childrens products. We have a website and also sell via ebay. Depending on time available I can work 1hr to 8 hrs a day. The more I work the marketing side the more I sell.

The down sides are it took a little bit of capital to buy the stock to get started and it took time to pay that stock off etc. The upside side is that its a great part time business. Its all online apart from posting orders. If my time is tight I can work an hour in the afternoon when hubby is home and pick/pack the orders and take them to the post office. If I have more time I can work on our fb page and other online marketing efforts.

It has taken time but I wasnt in it for a quick buck. It was a plan to take 2-3 years to establish the business so it would be a long term viable source of regular income, so far so good. With our 4th child on the way and all the issues that come with having a large family child care, being home for a sick children etc we thought it made more sense to focus on one parent being able to stay home and have more flexible work.

[malibu71]

I work for a insurance call centre from home, using their equipment on scheduled hours... I'm not a huge fan of the call centre part but the work from home part is hard to knock back that's for sure!

[threelittlegems]

I run an accommodation business from home. It can be very intense, and needs a dedicated five or six hours per day. Plus there are all the last minute problems to solve as I am the 'on call' person for the guests.

Over the years I have done a lot of things from home - I had an ebay store in 2004 and then my own online store selling handbags. I could have made money, except I didn't have the money or skill to establish a good supplier who wouldn't let me down.

I have also ironed from home, that worked out to be okay - in 2006 I earned an extra $300 week cash doing that.

When I went back on mat leave, way back in 2002, I had excellent admin skills, and still do, but there wasn't anything available to utitilise my skills from home. Not that I found anyway.

My SIL has just started a job from home. She is a registered nurse and she will be working eight hours per day, being a diabetes educator over the phone for a health insurance company. It isn't something you could do with a child around, as her calls are monitored and she only gets a small break of 60 seconds between phone calls.

In my travels, I have noticed that a lot of mums with graphic design skills work from home.

[WinterDancesHere]

I do customer service for a bank from home. I worked in office for 4 years before having to opportunity to work from home.

My company advertises internally and you have to be in certain roles to work at home, as well as meeting targets. Due to a restructure I have had to change roles and retrain while at home which was very hard.

I have to work to a set roster, but I was able to basically choose my hours so was very lucky with that.

ETA: I am not allowed to be the carer for DS while working so my shift is split between times he is at daycare and when he is asleep. DH can deal with him waking up but if he was home and active during my shift he wouldn't understand/cope with the stay away and be quiet requirements.

This post has been edited by WinterDancesHere: 04/05/2012, 12:39 PM