Comments on: Why Work At Home? Compelling Reasons For Staying Home To Work

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:08:28 +0000

Very inspirational article (and particularly for those who are not yet sure to do the big jump and set up their home office!). Prior to launching my blog I worked as a Senior account executive for a big IT Public Relations agency in Paris and was in a similar situation.

My passion with being a mobile worker/digital nomad developed at that time as I became very aware of the cool technologies we had at our reach to work remotely and as I also needed to adapt my working environment and habits to my personal needs (business was in France, family in Austria). The big advantage I had vs any other company, is that my former PR company mainly operates in the IT sector. So my manager in France and HR in the UK knew that this nomad life could be possible if using the right tools (laptop, wifi, VoIP softs, security software, remote access to servers, push mail on mobile device, etc). After a short test period, I then became the first regular mobile worker of my company (25 offices WW, 500 consultants), and regularly testify on my blog on how GREAT this life of being a mobile worker is! I’m glad to be part of this very special community

By: Helene

Helene — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:29:23 +0000

Thanks for contributing this excellent article to The Work at Home Family Carnival. I never could have homeschooled my daughter from 7th through 12th grade if I had worked outside of the home. My husband has to work outside the home and the cost of taking the Long Island Railroad plus the subway once he gets to the city really diminishes how much he takes home each week.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:48:52 +0000

I never actually thought of it this way. I’ve been freelancing for several years now and I love it. Because of it, my husband and I share a car which really does cut down on the expenses considerably!

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By: SVB

SVB — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:32:08 +0000

You’re so lucky to be able to telecommute full-time! I had a colleague who managed to work out an arrangement with my former employer that involved full-time telecommuting. He lives in Arizona, they are based in California. Now why can’t they extend that same privilege to all their local employees? Hmmmm? We were all pretty much doing the same type of job anyway! But no, local employees have to commute several hours a day to be at their desks daily!

So when I could take the commute no longer, I quit.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:56:41 +0000

Perhaps its because I was already pretty frugal, but I didn’t see a huge drop in expenses when I started telecommuting full time. I had a pretty small clothing budget to begin with and though I have a high-tech job, I never really had separate work/personal wardrobes. I also used to brown bag it most days, so I didn’t save much on lunch either. One significant savings has been on gas and commute time, but even they wouldn’t justify a pay cut for the privilege of working from home. The biggest advantage for me is I’m much more efficient at my job, since all of the daily distractions and office politics are largely non-existent.

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