Working from home

Has anyone ever thought about working from home or having a home based business? I have.

I believe that there's too much stress in the 9-5 routine. People are too biased in the job market, lots of prejudice. That's my opinion on the whole 9-5 thing. Besides, I'm short tempered and am not used to taking orders from other people.

 

I work from home, and imo - I work MORE.. because work is right there, you never leave it.

 

It's better to make cash from home than work 9-5. You don't have to worry about getting canned.

 

I been doing for over five years now, getting to sleep in late is one of its perks. But, don't forget your retirement now rest on your shoulders.

 

I do like the perks, like setting my own hours as far as I possibly can
I do work for a company so I can still be canned - but I dont have to take orders
I love it!!!

 

Never tried but I think it would be interesting. I heard interpretors often are allowed to work at home and the 2 I talked to said they loved working at home at their own pace.Being able to arrange everything in the way that's best for their concentration.

 

lipstick works from home...it has many perks...like right now i am typing in my home office sitting at my desk in my pjs...lol...my dog is laying on the floor next to me snoring louder than any man i have ever slept with could snore...i can hear the birds chirping outside...i have the sprinkler on so it's fun to watch the birds taking a bath...i can do my computer work anytime of the day or night...i probably put in more than a 40 hour work week is the only draw back...i do get a company paycheck...

 

My family thinks people who work from home are lazy. Which is why I should do this when no one's home. Some occupations require no experience.

 

Im w u Lippy
I get a paycheck and the perks of being employed, the commute is great! PJ - into the office w a cup of coffee at 6 am for a telecon, love it!
- on the flip side, I also work way mor ethan 40h/week - work is always there, its easy to just walk back into the offfice and do stuff if a call comes in.

On the contrary Gen y. Someone that works from home MUST, must be a self starter and have great self diciplin, more so that working in an office to make sure you get the job done or you will find yourself without a job. I know quite a few that work from home and everybody say the same thing... you work more than 40h per week, because you never leave work. It might not be so for all jobs you can do from home.

It is not for everybody and it has its draw backs. But you now have three here that say they love it

 

I have a friend in Sweden who works from home as a translator. She translates operation manuals, minutes of various meetings, and other stuff between Swedish, German, and English. Gets paid fairly well, too, and she loves her job.

If you'd ever be interested in something like that I could find out how she got hooked up with it. She doesn't have a degree, I don't think...she just speaks the languages fluently.

 

Oh wow.That;s whatsup.In Germany the least you need to be an interpretor is a diploma from a linguistic school or even better a college or university diploma. But 2/3 of all of those with any of the 3 diplomas have unemployment issues short or long term because "every idiot" here speaks at least 3 languages.Well it's mandatory here to learn at least 2 languages to get a high school diploma.

 

Its the same in Sweden, you start English in 1st grade, then you pick up a third one in 7th grade.

DH, you might wanna check on the degree, as it is fairly uncommon to not have some sort of degree in Sweden.
In either case, it might be worth it Beauty, to check this out, U could move to Stockholm

 

Is Swedish difficult to speak and write? I think dependent on your native language there's certain languages you pick up on easier(due to similarity in pronounciation,gramamar,etc).For instance for me as a German it's not too hard to learn Germanic languages(Italian,Spanish,French,Latin).

Oh and 1st grade to start English is early.We begin in 3rd usually.The first 2 years it's more voluntary and there's no grades for your English performance. In 5th grade it becomes mandatory and you get grades.6th and in past 7th grade is when we usually start French/Spanish/Latin(lately Chinese too) and then either in 9th or 11th or even both you get the chance to pick another foreign language and keep it to 13th grade or now that they dropped 1 year til 12th

 

I have a girlfriend who works for the federal goverment from home. She does background checks. I cant recall the exact details, but she has x amount of time to do x amount of checks. Not sure if it were monthly or weekly. But she makes really good money, about $90K a year from home. She has sever headaches and got the job because of her disability.

 

Swedish is a Germanic language so it should be easy - its only the pronounciation in Swedish that is hard Ive been told. I bet if you went to a Swedish newspaper (like aftonbladet.se), you could probably pick up words.
A long time ago, I had a Dutch boyfriend, if we spoke veeeryyy slowly and carefully we could somewhat understand at least the jest of the conversation

So the school system seems very similar to me - I think they pick up a third foreign language these days, if they want to in what we call Gymnasie (grade 10-13). Go visit

 

I don't run a home-based business, but my new job allows me to telecommute at my discretion (which I quite like).

With the right discipline and focus, you could end up being more productive on both the work and home fronts. For example, you could be plugging away on your PC while your laundry and dishes are running through their respective machines in the background. Also in my case, as a smoker, I'm more productive since I can simply light up while still plugging away (whereas at the office, I'd have to step out of the building for cigarette breaks).

The main drawback I've heard from colleagues who telecommute full-time is that you could also hamper your professional growth and networking opportunities. For the most part, you only interact with colleagues on your project and don't get to interface with coworkers you would have otherwise met (and it's amazing how many professional opportunities you can come across by just shooting the breeze with people you bump into).

The only drawback for me is that I automatically end up smoking more in a day (don't have to wait until I'm out of a meeting or out of the building). Other than that, it's kinda nice being able to work while wearing nothing but a robe or a pair of boxers...

 

I was wondering the next time that you were going to be working at home so I can get an appointment. :smt112

 

Currently working on the memo (while kicking back in a silk, tiger-skin, male g-string) and will ensure you're first on the distribution list...:wink:

 

I've always wanted to work from home and tried unsuccessfully looking for a job that offers working from home. I have seen a lot of jobs that offer work at home positions, from employment websites like careerbuilder.com and Monster.com. A lot of people are saying those jobs aren't real and are just internet scams. I'm just wondering how did you find a job that allows you to work from home or are you selfemployed?

 

GRRRRRRR!!! :smt007 I don't know what it is about animal print (especially tiger and zebra) that turns me into a WILD woman. I feel that it is only fair to warn you...entice the beast inside at your own risk. She's highly dangerous. :smt112