Do any of you ladies work from home?

jsimpkins17 · April 2011

I am just curious to know if/how many of you work from home. I would love to work from home when LO arrives and need some ideas of careers that allow you to do this. Any advice is welcome!

yychx · April 2011

I started working two days from home after I had DS. The other three days he goes to a sitter. Best of both world. I get to spend time with my DS and he gets to develope his social skills by being with other kids.

AmyChristine15 · April 2011

I do, just on Thursdays though. But there are others with my job title that work from home more often than the office. I'm an engineering support specialist at Honeywell. GL!

ellelepa · April 2011

I worked from home for the first year. I would read this article when thinking about it. It brings up some VERY good points.

https://articles.boston.com/2011-04-23/lifestyle/29467094_1_day-care-work-at-home-mom-child-care

In a professional setting, it is a lot of times more difficult to be taken seriously if you work from home (even a little bit).

bonitatinabina143 · April 2011

I'm currently a nanny working from home. Hopefully will land a dental hygiene job soon where the pay is good enough where I will only have to work 2-3 days a week. Have you looked into medical billing and coding?

H2obabyblu · April 2011

I used to do a lot of freelance writing on Elance. It takes some time to build your profile, but I made a good amount of money and I enjoyed it. They also have other services (web design etc). It is worth looking at if you are into that sort of thing.

aichandaich · April 2011

I'm a marketing/communication consultant... started my own thing after the company I worked for for 9 years went out of business. I am so fortunate to have had nothing but luck come my way. A lot of companies are outsourcing writing, graphic design, marketing, event planning, etc... at least in my area. Could try something along those lines?

Working from home is great but it also has its drawbacks... and I could never have the LO here while I'm working - too many distractions. The bump is enough of a distraction ...

GracieLou Freebush · April 2011

I WFH. I lucked into it-- I had a couple years at my company and they agreed to the WFH when we had to move for my H's job. I plan to have full time child care once LO arrives b/c it'd be impossible for me to be a good mom and a good employee during business hours M-F.

Are you wanting to WFH and take care of your LO or do you plan on child care? If it's the former, look into selling something on Etsy or freelancing in your spare time.

nbbride06 · April 2011

I work in the office 2 days a week and probably work another 4-8 hours per week from home. I'm an attorney. When LO gets here, we will have childcare for the 2 days I am in the office. My boss was great enough to offer me the ability to bring LO into the office the days I'm there, but I would never get anything done. It will certainly be welcomed in an emergency situation though! I look at it as having the best of both worlds for the time being. Fortunately, the arrangement kind of fell into my lap.

aligator423uf · April 2011

I WFH but there is no way I'll be able to have LO here. I review medical records for a disability company and it requires a lot of concentration. LO will be going to daycare full time. The nice thing is that I'm salary so I make my schedule, and when I'm done for the day then I'm done - no puttering around until 5 or clocking out. So that will allow me to get LO early from day care.

kateisgreat · April 2011

I work part time as a graphic designer. I go into the office 2 days a week, and then work half days at home the rest of the week. I am going to have to talk to my boss about my at-home hours though. Right now I keep specific hours where I am available at home, but I have a feeling after LO is here I will just be checking emial during the day and getting my actual work done after DH is home from work.

rab41380 · April 2011

I do! I work part time for a dog food company. I do have to make some trips out and about which get difficult without daycare, so DH and I try to work around his schedule. I can say that with two kids not sure how I am going to do it all....working from home can be tough, and you dont feel like you can give it your 100% if your kid is actually home with you. I also work part time for my parents at their store 3 days a week when DH is off. I did work FT and had a great job, but gave it up to spend more time with DD, so I found a way to supplement our income. You can get creative..

Five_letter · April 2011

I do. I sell technology and website design. I travel 12-15 times a year for lectures and tradeshows probably as well, but otherwise 75% of the time I'm working from home.

I'll have to have full time childcare for mini-me once she's here. It's impossible to have a child in the house and work the job/hours that I have.

Corporate conference calls and client calls with a crying or babbling child aren't too professional. My job is way too demanding to even attempt to straddle those two worlds. I have my light days, but they're not all that predictible considering any one of my 300+ clients (not to mention my other business relationships) can pick up the phone and call me at any given time.

The article that was posted above is a good one.

Most of the time when pregnant women and new moms ask me about my WFH I end up rolling my eyes. People think they can halfass their career and take care of LO full time. It just doesn't work that way...at least not in my world.

jdm7 · April 2011

I work from home a couple days a week (I'd like to WFH 3 days a week after LO and because of gas prices). But I couldn't have LO at home with me when I'm WFH, I'd still have to put him/her in a daycare.

gmc222 · April 2011

I work for a large financial company (you've all heard of hit) as a marketing manager. After my company closed the office near my house they relocated me to an office an hour away, and luckily that came with the flexibility to work from home more often. Since I've been pregnant I'm usually in the office once a week, plus for any special meetings, etc.

As others have said, I will need to put LO in daycare because my company has strict rules about WFH with kids at home. Plus, I'm so busy during the day that I simply wouldn't have time to spend with her anyways.

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