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WAHM's-What do you do?

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As in what is your job at home? DH and I have been trying to get me to stay home and we're not sure exactly when I'd be able to w/out bringing home a paycheck so we've talked about me working at home. What do you do and do you like it and do you make a good amount of money doing it? TIA :)
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  • cookie04cookie04 member
    I am able to do my current job from home 2 days a week. Are you currenlty working? Could you do some of your work from home? Do you have any former employeers that might be willing to hire you to do some work from home?  I've also heard about working for a call center from home. 
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  • pamarsheapamarshea
    No I couldn't do my current job from home and couldn't do any previous jobs at home either.
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  • Lynz031205Lynz031205 member
    Yeah we are in the same situation... I was just going to ask this same question! I want to stay home so bad, but still need to being some kind of pay check home!
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  • Dec31stBrideDec31stBride
    Depends on your educational background / work experience....what do you do now? College ed?
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  • pamarsheapamarshea

    imageDec31stBride:
    Depends on your educational background / work experience....what do you do now? College ed?

    I work for a local oil company now, I do their inventory for their service stations, data entry, bank deposits, just a lot of different office type things. I didn't graduate college, went 3 1/2 years though. I just seen where some ladies on here work for some website, can't remember the name of it and thought maybe I could do that.

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  • cookie04cookie04 member

    Okay. I looked into this awhile back.  I don't have any personal experience whith them, but I think that someone here suggested becoming a telephone agent with a company like Alpine Access. You can google it. GL

     

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  • pamarsheapamarshea
    Hmmm........never heard of that, I'll google, thanks :)
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  • rissa06rissa06 member
    i'm a software consultant . . i work from home or one of our mobility centers. ?so, my company promotes working at home, so most of our positions except for a select few are work from home positions. ?However, I can't do my position and watch DC at the same time. ?MH watches her on his day off or she goes to daycare. ?A lot of organizations have policies if you work from home, you need to have some type of childcare for your child.
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  • LooDooLooDoo

    I work part time from home logging video clips for a media company. I majored in radio/tv for a few semesters in college and that has helped me a little bit with it, but if you're interested I know they are looking for more people. You have to take a test (online) and if you pass it then you'll most likely be hired. It pays pretty well (at least for where we're at) and it's pretty flexible. If you're interested, let me know and I'll direct you to their website.

    Also, before I landed this job, I applied to West At Home and was offered a position there...I think it's pretty easy to get a job w/ them. You basically answer phone calls from infomercials or customer service calls. You could google it and they've got quite a bit of information on their website.

    Oh yeah, and I highly recommend www.wahm.com. They post WAH job listings almost every day, and they are all legitimate. That's where I found the job I'm doing now. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

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  • pamarsheapamarshea
    imageLooDoo:

    I work part time from home logging video clips for a media company. I majored in radio/tv for a few semesters in college and that has helped me a little bit with it, but if you're interested I know they are looking for more people. You have to take a test (online) and if you pass it then you'll most likely be hired. It pays pretty well (at least for where we're at) and it's pretty flexible. If you're interested, let me know and I'll direct you to their website.

    Also, before I landed this job, I applied to West At Home and was offered a position there...I think it's pretty easy to get a job w/ them. You basically answer phone calls from infomercials or customer service calls. You could google it and they've got quite a bit of information on their website.

    Oh yeah, and I highly recommend www.wahm.com. They post WAH job listings almost every day, and they are all legitimate. That's where I found the job I'm doing now. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

    Gee thanks, I'll check into that :)

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  • lanie26lanie26 member

    I WAH at times, but you have to know its hard. And you'll have to get a sitter, no doubt about it. It's way too hard to manage conference calls with a squalking baby.

    I prefer to work outside of home, and so head to the office most days. I have the WAH option but I found it very stressful.

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  • mego1111mego1111
    LooDoo, could you email me some info about your position.  chrismegan2006 at yahoo dot com.  I may need something to fall back on soon and that is in my field. 
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  • pamarsheapamarshea
    imagelanie26:

    I WAH at times, but you have to know its hard. And you'll have to get a sitter, no doubt about it. It's way too hard to manage conference calls with a squalking baby.

    I prefer to work outside of home, and so head to the office most days. I have the WAH option but I found it very stressful.

    Yeah, I had that thought in my head, how would I work with Marissa at home. I'm really praying I can just quit working all together but we were just discussing me working at home as another alternative for a lil while. One of DH's aunts works for an insurance agency at home and she has two little ones there so guess that's why I thought I could do something like that too. We're just really weighing all of our options.

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  • loquinnloquinn

    LooDoo...Can you email me some info as well?  I'm looking for another option right now.  Thanks!!

     lorenquinn at hotmail dot com

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  • raceyraeraceyrae
    I was offered to option to do my present job from home -- I'm an air quality consultant.  As lanie stated, you really need to have a nanny if you're going to work from home full time.  We were out one for a few weeks and it was extremely hard to give 100% to both my job and DD.  I felt guilty the whole time that I wasn't able to play with DD while working -- she spent a lot of time in her exersaucer and on her playmat.  :(  I won't do that again.  You would definitely need help so that you could finish what you need to get done for your job to give 100% to your DC when you're done.
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  • LooDooLooDoo
    imagelanie26:

    I WAH at times, but you have to know its hard. And you'll have to get a sitter, no doubt about it. It's way too hard to manage conference calls with a squalking baby.

    I prefer to work outside of home, and so head to the office most days. I have the WAH option but I found it very stressful.

    I agree that I think it'd be too difficult to WAH and take care of DD at the same time, but a lot of times you can find a WAH job that allows you to work in the evenings. I do my work after DD goes to bed, so from about 7pm-10 or 11pm and then on the weekends when DH is around to watch her for me.

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  • fIowerchildfIowerchild

    What lanie said.

    I have attempted to WAH a few times with DS with me. It is very difficult - he wants my attention and it's not fair to leave my coworkers hanging while I change / feed / attend to my child on company time.

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  • pamarsheapamarshea
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    imagelanie26:

    I WAH at times, but you have to know its hard. And you'll have to get a sitter, no doubt about it. It's way too hard to manage conference calls with a squalking baby.

    I prefer to work outside of home, and so head to the office most days. I have the WAH option but I found it very stressful.

    I agree that I think it'd be too difficult to WAH and take care of DD at the same time, but a lot of times you can find a WAH job that allows you to work in the evenings. I do my work after DD goes to bed, so from about 7pm-10 or 11pm and then on the weekends when DH is around to watch her for me.

    Yeah that I could do, didn't think about that, duh :)

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  • Temp174496125006552Temp174496125006552 member

    I am an office manager and I WAH on Mondays.  I won't lie, it's not easy.  I work when he naps and occasionally will work for a little bit while he's in the high chair right next to me (or the jumperoo).  I give him toys and every few minutes, I'll stop and play with him for a minute or two.  If I had to WAH every day, I would never get anything done. 

    I also took a slight pay cut to be able to do this.  However, it was worth it to me.  I want that time with him and we're just making it work with less money. 

    Best of luck!

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  • pamarsheapamarshea
    imageseans_grl:

    I am an office manager and I WAH on Mondays.  I won't lie, it's not easy.  I work when he naps and occasionally will work for a little bit while he's in the high chair right next to me (or the jumperoo).  I give him toys and every few minutes, I'll stop and play with him for a minute or two.  If I had to WAH every day, I would never get anything done. 

    I also took a slight pay cut to be able to do this.  However, it was worth it to me.  I want that time with him and we're just making it work with less money. 

    Best of luck!

    See I can totally relate to that, I'm willing to take a cut in pay, like I'd work part time at my current job if they'd let me but I know they wouldn't. I'd love to have just one day at home a week with her if I could but our general goal is to get me home permanent. Thanks for the good wishes, we need them :)

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  • cookie04cookie04 member
    imageLooDoo:
    imagelanie26:

    I WAH at times, but you have to know its hard. And you'll have to get a sitter, no doubt about it. It's way too hard to manage conference calls with a squalking baby.

    I prefer to work outside of home, and so head to the office most days. I have the WAH option but I found it very stressful.

    I agree that I think it'd be too difficult to WAH and take care of DD at the same time, but a lot of times you can find a WAH job that allows you to work in the evenings. I do my work after DD goes to bed, so from about 7pm-10 or 11pm and then on the weekends when DH is around to watch her for me.

    Ditto, if you don't have childcare you will most likely end up working in the evenings or early mornings.  It is too hard to work and watch your dc.

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  • CoastieWife08CoastieWife08

    West At Home is another telephone job that you do from home. You can become a customer service rep for things like HSN or Amazon.

    It is a legit company.  A lot of my military wife friends use it and if you can log enough hours, you can make a good paycheck (not enough to pay the bills, but good for extra cash).

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  • nikkinjoshnikkinjosh member

    LooDoo, could you e-mail me the info also (bucknico@msu.edu)?  I would really appreciate it.

     Thank you!

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  • CoastieWife08CoastieWife08
    imageLooDoo:

    I work part time from home logging video clips for a media company. I majored in radio/tv for a few semesters in college and that has helped me a little bit with it, but if you're interested I know they are looking for more people. You have to take a test (online) and if you pass it then you'll most likely be hired. It pays pretty well (at least for where we're at) and it's pretty flexible. If you're interested, let me know and I'll direct you to their website.

    Also, before I landed this job, I applied to West At Home and was offered a position there...I think it's pretty easy to get a job w/ them. You basically answer phone calls from infomercials or customer service calls. You could google it and they've got quite a bit of information on their website.

    Oh yeah, and I highly recommend www.wahm.com. They post WAH job listings almost every day, and they are all legitimate. That's where I found the job I'm doing now. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

    Could you email me the info as well? secretchicks07 at gmail dot com

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