What types of jobs offer this to their employees? Do you typically make less money if you do this? I would really like to work from home when I graduate for various reasons.

12/18/2006 6:06:51 PM

i got a job offer that i'd work from home. it was a small company that didn't have a need for an office, so their 'office' was the guy's basement. lots of small consulting companies like this one are like this since they are constantly traveling.

12/18/2006 6:08:09 PM

Big companies do it to. Gives them some type of "tax" credit or something (less people on the roads, less pollution, makes the EPA happy). I work for Boeing and they offer virtual office to some of their employees, just depends on the need and whether or not its something you need to be at the office for or not. you still might have to show up at an office every once in a while though.

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 7:06 PM. Reason : doh]

12/18/2006 7:05:43 PM

i work from home when i'm not traveling

i'm a consultant - specifically wireless/rfid

12/18/2006 7:08:33 PM

many work-from-home employees often feel alienated when it comes time for promotion, and feel they rarely get the raises they deserve

12/18/2006 7:13:09 PM

I work from home, I do commercial real estate. I also work in an office, but 99.9% of my time at work, is spent in my home office, or out with clients. I also get to come and go as I please, and I love it. I just took a 30 day "working vacation"...being your own boss is the way to go.

12/18/2006 8:25:57 PM

I would go crazy. I need interaction with the world.

12/18/2006 8:29:44 PM

Agreed. 1/3 of the guys on my team work remote and the rest usually wfh 1 day of the week, but I rarely do.

I do l2 support. I would not say they make less money, because the amount of work they do can easily be quantified using metrics.

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 10:58 AM. Reason : ]

12/19/2006 10:57:41 AM

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"i'm a consultant - specifically wireless/rfid"

What exactly do you consult about?

12/19/2006 11:08:21 AM

depends on the client - that's why i was vague

12/19/2006 11:11:54 AM

The only unskilled Work from home job you could really get is medical transcription / data entry. Even then you will have to get your typing speeds up to par.

12/19/2006 11:12:09 AM

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"unskilled Work from home job "

haha, noen is calling Rachel Marie unskilled

Rachel, you could get a webcam and work from home
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12/19/2006 11:16:24 AM

yeah i think cam girl is the way to go.

i mean, you'd do well, and make bank.

much better than working a data entry job for $300/week.

12/19/2006 11:21:29 AM

baby sitter, web cam stripper, what noen said, etc... nothing that pays well... unless you're good at web cam stripping.. *laughs*.

You could try your hat at being a contract marketeer, but you'd still have to go to clients etc. Generally your major (business and marketing) doesn't allow you to work from home.

You need to focus on your talents for a few years then you're able to work from home. I'm going to take a long shot and assume you're planning on having kids or perhaps that's already an issue as in your preggors. At this point, as a new graduate will not be able to find work doing your major working from home.

12/19/2006 11:22:19 AM

this is the one website you need to visit

http://www.84mybiz4333.com

12/19/2006 11:36:40 AM

Depends on the company.

12/19/2006 12:40:31 PM

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"baby sitter, web cam stripper, what noen said, etc... nothing that pays well... unless you're good at web cam stripping.. *laughs*."

I am a software developer and I work from home now. I think I get paid well. Here is an interesting article on telecommuting:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/121306-striving-to-keep-teleworkers-happy.html

I wouldn't say you'd get paid less, but I have a feeling I will definitely get passed over for promotions (not that I care, I am just doing this while I go back to school for my masters then I will be moving on to a better company). Most companies promote those people that sell their souls to the company working 60+ hour weeks and that just isn't going to happen when you set your own schedule from home.

By the way, let me qualify this by saying, I did work from the office for two years and I did bust my ass doing the 60+ weeks for a while and then I got burnt out and decided to quit. My boss asked me to stay and I said fine but I'm working from home only 40 hour weeksfor the same pay.

[Edited on December 21, 2006 at 9:55 AM. Reason : btw]

12/21/2006 9:52:43 AM

i'm really leaning towards starting working from home sometime over the next few years. i'll either start my own company or work from home as a technical consultant for my current company.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/07/10-reasons-you-should-never-get-a-job/

12/21/2006 10:08:54 AM

Why do you want to work from home so badly?

12/21/2006 11:59:10 AM

I interned for Hewlett Packard this summer in Ft Collins, CO - 75% of the employees in my department (including me) worked from home either FT or PT as desired. The rest of the people here saying there are only crap jobs that allow you to work from home are either a bit nieve to the trend in e-commuting or just being typical.

The nature of the job is what dictated this opportunity. We dealt with worldwide logistics so we were on international c-calls at 6am - 10pm with good breaks in between. THe point is, the job actually made is possible to work from home to give the employees the feel that they were not in an office 14 hours a day. I would also say the employees that worked from home put in more core hours, and that management subserviently required them to work more hours, given their freedom and the fact that they were salary.

Most large firms, especially those that have business in different time zones, have e-commuters and the trend is still moving this way. THe questions is do you think putting in more hours over a longer work day is worth it to stay at home? The biggest question is do you thin you can seperate your personal and professional life apart - this can cause serious drain on you if you begin to consider your hours as solely your office. I saw one gal have a nervous breakdown and not return to work because she couldnt distinguish her personal life (with kids, family) from her work and she could never see her balance.

I saw the tradeoffs work well for those with kids or who did not want to move out of an area because of family, etc. I actually enjoyed working in the office as it allowed me to interact directly with my boss (When he actually wasnt working from home) or other employees in order to build my network which would not be as possible over the phone or email.


I also might add that employers #1 quality saught in a new hire is their interpersonal communication skills. It is more difficult to do this over the phone,email, video conference as I found there is nothing more interpersonal than shaking a hand and talking in person.

Perhaps if you discuss your reasons for wanting to work from home we could give you more insight.



[Edited on December 21, 2006 at 12:17 PM. Reason : .]

12/21/2006 12:07:02 PM

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"Major : Business Management-Marketing"

I don't know much about that major or careers it offers. There should be data out there on the Department of Labor website for the % that work virtually/telecommute/etc. for that particular job field. On an ignorant guess, I don't think it would be very high due to the interactive nature of marketing.

12/21/2006 1:36:40 PM

I just read like 4 long articles on that steve site, and seriously I just want to walk out of my office forever

gah

12/21/2006 1:55:03 PM

If a job can be done by someone working at home, it can be done by someone in India.

12/21/2006 1:58:10 PM

^ Dude, every job could be done in India.

12/21/2006 2:01:17 PM

^^ Well put.

[Edited on December 21, 2006 at 2:04 PM. Reason : Damn you slow time warner]

12/21/2006 2:04:20 PM

^^^^ seriously, right

12/21/2006 2:06:58 PM

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"If a job can be done by someone working at home, it can be done by someone in India."

Interesting and for some jobs, true.

Jobs that get shipped to India and China are those that typically can be followed with a manual, instructions, etc. In my experience (which is limited, yet at a corporate level) jobs that require troubleshooting, creativity, and innovation remain here - resulting in less assembly type jobs (manufacturing/accounting/programming/customer service overseas) to keeping jobs like marketing, supply chain, management, HR, etc here.

12/21/2006 2:20:02 PM

I work for IBM and work from home full time. It is an awesome perk that IBM offers some of it's employees....I get to spend more time with my little boy, and don't have to deal with the office politics or all the other non-sense that goes on in an office. Not to mention all the money I have saved in gas over the last year.....it's a sweet deal....the down side is you tend to work longer hours as you are logged on more.

12/21/2006 4:45:36 PM

you can start your own business..









































































cleaning houses!

i am so tired of traveling(18 months in a row) I am FINALLY going to stay in one place for at least 6 months. You also gain weight when you travel all the time(who wants to workout at a hotel/motel?)



[Edited on December 21, 2006 at 5:28 PM. Reason : e]

12/21/2006 5:25:19 PM

webcam

12/21/2006 6:14:09 PM

I have private reasons for wanting to work from home. i just figured it'd be better than sitting in an office. My major is supposed to be more socially interactive than most but no one gets jobs that are in their major field anymore it seems.

12/21/2006 10:49:24 PM

My job is in my major field. I'm not sure why you would choose a major that requires social interaction. Even though there are some large benefits from working from home, I don't think I would go actively search for a job where I could work from home 100% of the time. That really cuts down your possibilities.

12/21/2006 11:09:29 PM

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"no one gets jobs that are in their major field anymore it seems."

are you slightly or completely retarded?

12/22/2006 3:19:32 AM

she probably knows mostly undergraduate business majors who, let's face it, aren't really employable for anything and there's not really a waitstaff / retail sales major offered at ncsu so they are technically outside of their major

[Edited on December 22, 2006 at 10:30 AM. Reason : ...]

12/22/2006 10:29:55 AM

^ You forgot CHASS

12/22/2006 11:16:41 AM

If you are majoring in something where you know a lot of people in the same major who are not "employable for anything" you'd think some red flags would go up.

12/22/2006 11:20:47 AM

These days you pretty much need a college degree to be a generic office drone.

12/22/2006 11:25:43 AM

It really depends on what your future intentions are - are you going to have a job or are you wanting to start a career.

If you want to start a career - the most important thing you'll need to get through the ranks is a network, and you can't make a network effectively by working from home 100%.

Yes, working from home is great - but the bonds you make with people by working in an office with them speak volumes. I would recommend that you start out in an office, make some contacts and then move to a job where you can work from home if it is that important to you.

12/22/2006 11:26:23 AM

how did this bitch get into college and have to ask questions like this???

12/22/2006 11:27:17 AM

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"If a job can be done by someone working at home, it can be done by someone in India."

Not if you're a defense contractor.

12/22/2006 1:08:36 PM

after reading more of this I would suggest to not be lazy and get out and get a REAL job.

Without stating what "personal" reasons you have to stay at home (unless your preggers) then I am assuming your just being lazy and want a free lunch.

12/22/2006 1:24:31 PM

i work from home 60% of the time. i'm a network engineer. its great perks. the only time i have to go anywhere is to visit a client site.

12/22/2006 1:39:20 PM

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"i work from home 60% of the time, b. i'm a network engineer,b. its great perks. the only time i have to go anywhere is to visit a client site, g."

12/22/2006 9:12:47 PM

EPA job

12/22/2006 10:58:27 PM

the problem with this thread is everyone is naming real "work at home jobs" and no one is including the advice that you dont just walk right into them without a relevant degree, prior experience, or both...

what a stupid thread

12/23/2006 10:16:33 AM

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"I don't think I would go actively search for a job where I could work from home 100% of the time. That really cuts down your possibilities."

[Edited on December 23, 2006 at 11:00 AM. Reason : ]

12/23/2006 11:00:08 AM

stuff envelopes, data entry are the obvious unskilled jobs that come to mind

however, if you have a degree and decent grades patent examiners can also work from home 2 or possilby 3 days a week (if p.i.) and the hours are flex. work 80 hrs in 2 weeks. there's a min and max you can do a week and certain hour constraints but pretty flexible. I considered this a lot but ultimately decided examining patents was not what I wanted to do. also it's near dc

12/23/2006 11:07:06 AM

I work 60 hours a week on top of going to school full time so it's obvious that I'm not lazy. Most colleges offer advice on stuff like this, but that would be way to much to expect from NCSU. Everyone I know that has graduated from NCSU in the past 20 year said their degree was worthless and they ended up doing stuff in random fields. They also said that working from home is the way to go.

12/23/2006 3:43:23 PM

You seem quite impressionable.

12/23/2006 3:52:56 PM

you should ask all of those people you are talking about...

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"Most colleges offer advice on stuff like this, but that would be way to much to expect from NCSU"

you act like the world is supposed to force feed you - you should hope to marry rich

12/23/2006 4:23:50 PM