RP: Work From home PT/FT Mommas Cone in Please

Re: RP: Work From home PT/FT Mommas Cone in Please

• katesmom73

  September 2009

  I'm sorry to hear about your job.  I just started working from home recently and it was at my boss' discretion.  I work for a large company that sells products and services to the legal, corporate and government industries.  I work in Marketing and live in IL, while the HQ and my boss are located in OH.  That was part of the reason working from home was not an issue for me - I was remote whether I worked in our IL office or worked from home.  My daughter goes to Kindergarten so during my lunch, I pick her up and take her to daycare. 

  I honestly don't know how someone can hold down a job with their kids at home.  Maybe there are jobs that don't require your full attention but my 5 year old can/will interrupt me every 2 minutes sometimes.  I have conference calls and projects that require my full concentration and if she were at home with me, I'd be a ball of stress.  Plus I'd feel like at any given time I'm either ignoring my work duties or my daughter.  At daycare she interacts/plays with other kids and gets a lot of attention.
  

  Hope that helps a little.
  

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• luciagdelopez member

  September 2009

  I too work from home and still need day care for my kids.  Most employers expect you to have day care.  The few days that I keep the kids home I get very little done and end up working late night once they are asleep. 

  Also, I hate to break it to you but most work at home jobs dont start that way.  I worked for about a year and then asked my boss for the option to work remotely because we were moving.  Since I report to HQ in London it was OK. 

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• Stacyc625 member

  September 2009

  I work from home FT. However my job is very flexible. I work for the company i left to WAH. I was a VP of International taxation. (I am a tax attorney) -- so therefore since i deal with mostly international conference calls most of my 'work' is done at night when it is normal business hours in Asia. So DD is asleep. So therefore i do not require extra childcare.

  

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• JLSBWG member

  September 2009

  I know someone who is a freelance editor and works out of her home.  That maybe something to consider. 

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• Mini_Mariah

  September 2009

  I work in internal audit for a huge company that is HQ'd in another state.  I worked here for two years before they started an initiative to have remote associates WFH.  There is NO WAY I could do my job with DD at home.  She goes to daycare full time.  She got sent home today (her eye was red and puffy because her teacher said she rubbed food in her eye, but the director said she had to go home in case it was something contaigious... I really do not like the director but did not feel like an argument since we're moving in a few weeks).  I haven't been able to do much work, between putting her down for a nap, feeding her lunch, and holding her while I'm on a conference call so she won't cry.

  

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• rolltidebaby

  September 2009

  i do contract work part time for several companies, including the one i worked for full time before DS. it started slow, but i've been building business and am doing about 20 hours a week- some from home and some on-site with the companies. i have to have childcare whether i'm working from home or from an office. i can't get work done with DS around. because my schedule fluxuates so much, i use babysitters to help with DS. i have about 3 on rotation, plus my MIL. i haven't had a problem finding coverage and MIL is free when she's available, so even better.

  i thought i could get work done during naptimes, but i have found it's better for me to use that for doing laundry, cleaning, etc. that helps me to leave my weekends free so we can have fun, etc. it's a tough balance and it's hard work, but i feel like i have the best of both worlds.

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• jen5-03 member

  September 2009

  I am a business librarian. I have a masters in library science as well as an MBA. I work in knowledge management for a very large company as a contract employee (and I was contract when I was FT WOH too).

  I work for the same company that I worked at for 2 years before DD was born. I found a job share partner so they still have fulltime help when needed and we both work extremely flexible hours which means she can be at home when her kids get out of school and I can work just 2-3 days a week while mine is in MDO. But flexible hours also means, need that by tomorrow? No problem, and then I stay up until 2am to get it done - and it also means, no work this week? Ok, so I only get paid for 6 hours this 2-week pay period instead of 40 hours and the company gets to save their budgeted manhours.

  And there is no way I could possibly work even 20 hours a week from home with DD here. It was possible when she was newborn, she did not go to MDO until almost 9mo... but then she needed more attention and I did not feel it was fair to either her or my job to try to do both at once. I just can not work at night very well on a regular basis, I get too tired, plus I want to have time with DH as well.

  FWIW, we have a communications person on our team who works p/t from home. She goes into the office one day a week, leaving her baby with her mom and works at naps/nighttime otherwise. She also worked on our team before she had her DS, but the communications work for our project tapered off a lot so the boss didn't want a fulltime person anymore so it worked out well.

  - Jena
  
  

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• rissa06 member

  September 2009

  i'm sorry to hear about your job.  

  when i did work from home . . i was a software specialist  . my company offers wfh positions from specific job categories and groups . . 

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• jenuine

  September 2009

  So sorry about your job! That stinks!!

   We are in the same industry. I am a print media graphic designer. I work ~40 hrs/wk, 8 of them (one day) from home. DD is in day care 40 hours a week. Working from home means that the time I would spend commuting, I spend on laundry, groceries and general house up-keep. I like going into the office the other 4 days though to keep the creative juices flowing. In my industry, I need brainstorming sessions to keep fresh, but that is just my personality.

  Have you looked into The Creative Group?
  www.creativegroup.com
  We work with them quite a bit and have had great success. I've never been on the other side of the stick (temp-to-perm), but everyone seems happy with the company.
  
  Also, keep your eye out on Craigs List. We post for freelance positions there quite a bit.
  
  If you are thinking of working from home with a little one at home with you, know it's really hard. I could never get anything done with her under foot. And a friend had a nanny while she worked from home, but her boys never got it that even though mom was home, she couldn't be interupted, so she ended up sending them to a center.

  
  met DH 1995 ~ married DH 2006 ~ completed our family 2008
  Life is good!

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