"What exactly do you DO all day?" is an inquiry that many people who work at home are likely to face.
Many believe that those who work at home don't really work. Their lives are seen as endless vacations; enjoyable joyrides envied by those who are forced to punch a clock each day.
A home work schedule does tend to allow for a certain amount of flexibility, it's true. A home worker does not have to fill out a time sheet or punch a clock, and won't be punished for sick days or vacation time. No one will yell at a home worker for a long lunch hour, a nap at work, or even for working in his/her pajamas.
Even so, a home worker is just that, a worker. In order to earn a salary, the home businessperson has to complete his/her work assignments in a thorough and timely fashion. Home workers have deadlines and workloads, just as everyone does; if they take too much time away from their jobs, the likelihood is that they will fail in their corporate endeavors.
Another point to consider is that home-based workers actually might spend less time on vacation than their office laborer counterparts. People who work in an office for major corporations earn vacation time; which means that, ultimately, they can take off for one- or two-week periods, with no need to report to the office or complete any work assignments during that time.
Home businesspeople, on the other hand, work continuously throughout the year, taking their laptops and notebooks with them wherever they go. It takes a great deal of concentrated time and effort to make a home business work.
Furthermore, as home businesspeople maintain their offices inside their places of residence, they're technically never 'off work.' A client or employer could call anytime, day or evening, and projects sometimes cannot be completed within a standard, nine-to-five timeframe.
A work-from-home writer, for example, might get a flash of inspiration at 4 a.m., taking them from their bed to their computer desk. A person who runs an Internet-based store might get a rush product order at 5 a.m. Sunday morning, a time when many office workers sleep peacefully in their beds. A caterer might get a call to prepare an entire meal for an event scheduled that evening.
Home workers also face a great quantity of distractions not encountered during a typical office workday. While an office worker might take a coffee break at work, a home businessperson might take a break to change the baby's diaper, retrieve an older child from school, talk to a visiting plumber about repairs needed in the home, deal with a family emergency, or prepare dinner for the family. Friends call (often assuming that a person at home has time to chat), dogs bark and bills arrive in the mail.
All in all, working at home is a fun, pleasurable experience. Ultimately, though, home-based professionals work just as hard as their office-based counterparts. They don't call it 'home work' for nothing... - 16890
Many believe that those who work at home don't really work. Their lives are seen as endless vacations; enjoyable joyrides envied by those who are forced to punch a clock each day.
A home work schedule does tend to allow for a certain amount of flexibility, it's true. A home worker does not have to fill out a time sheet or punch a clock, and won't be punished for sick days or vacation time. No one will yell at a home worker for a long lunch hour, a nap at work, or even for working in his/her pajamas.
Even so, a home worker is just that, a worker. In order to earn a salary, the home businessperson has to complete his/her work assignments in a thorough and timely fashion. Home workers have deadlines and workloads, just as everyone does; if they take too much time away from their jobs, the likelihood is that they will fail in their corporate endeavors.
Another point to consider is that home-based workers actually might spend less time on vacation than their office laborer counterparts. People who work in an office for major corporations earn vacation time; which means that, ultimately, they can take off for one- or two-week periods, with no need to report to the office or complete any work assignments during that time.
Home businesspeople, on the other hand, work continuously throughout the year, taking their laptops and notebooks with them wherever they go. It takes a great deal of concentrated time and effort to make a home business work.
Furthermore, as home businesspeople maintain their offices inside their places of residence, they're technically never 'off work.' A client or employer could call anytime, day or evening, and projects sometimes cannot be completed within a standard, nine-to-five timeframe.
A work-from-home writer, for example, might get a flash of inspiration at 4 a.m., taking them from their bed to their computer desk. A person who runs an Internet-based store might get a rush product order at 5 a.m. Sunday morning, a time when many office workers sleep peacefully in their beds. A caterer might get a call to prepare an entire meal for an event scheduled that evening.
Home workers also face a great quantity of distractions not encountered during a typical office workday. While an office worker might take a coffee break at work, a home businessperson might take a break to change the baby's diaper, retrieve an older child from school, talk to a visiting plumber about repairs needed in the home, deal with a family emergency, or prepare dinner for the family. Friends call (often assuming that a person at home has time to chat), dogs bark and bills arrive in the mail.
All in all, working at home is a fun, pleasurable experience. Ultimately, though, home-based professionals work just as hard as their office-based counterparts. They don't call it 'home work' for nothing... - 16890
About the Author:
Lacy Foxnau pens articles online about home work, that succeeds. In the past she's written about her experience with survey jobs, sites that offer paid surveys that actually pay money, and a host of other legitimate home based ventures.
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