Working from home

[markgus]

I'm a 49 year old woman from the UK and since all my children are now grown up and don't need me to be a full time Mum I need something to do that doesn't involve dealing with people. I'm toying with the idea of working from home. I've looked at loads of web sites dealing with homeworking but can't find anything.. Anyone have any ideas plz

 

[markgus]

I don't know how they do things in the UK, but my lady-friend had gotten into medical transcription before she became ill. The physicians would send her the dictation and she'd put together the reports. She did everything from home using the computer, fax, and phone.

Thanks. will look into that

 

[Andrew_Collins]

Thanks. will look into that

Hi

I knew a girl England who bought school uniforms in bulk and sold them on Ebay doubling the money. A male friend I knew made around 700 pound profit selling ornaments on ebay that he bought in charity shops, but he was out evryday and knew what was collectable ( military, transport type things)

Also my sister made a small amount of money making charm braclets at home and selling on in various markets, You can also get paid for reviewing products sent to you like cleaning products.

 

[markgus]

Hi
I made lots of bracelets 12 month ago to help my daughter raise money for a trip to Borneo (to help paint a school and plant trees etc). She raised £4000 which was brilliant. Since I find it really difficult (or damn near impossible if i'm honest) to communicate with people I can't do the market or car boot sale thing

 

[markgus]

ebays ok if you can corner a market but home made jewellry is not as popular as I would like. Because I don't go to work I feel like a burden on the rest of my family. I would like to be able to say that I contribute to the families finances.........

 

[Andrew_Collins]

Hi
I made lots of bracelets 12 month ago to help my daughter raise money for a trip to Borneo (to help paint a school and plant trees etc). She raised £4000 which was brilliant. Since I find it really difficult (or damn near impossible if i'm honest) to communicate with people I can't do the market or car boot sale thing

You could be a phone sexline worker

 

[Adamantium]

I work for a large financial firm that now permits employees in most areas to work from home except when needed on site. After 20 years of working in midtown Manhattan, I have been working from home for two months and only gone in to the office twice. It's absolutely marvelous.

 

[markgus]

Haha you clearly don't know me.......
I can't talk to people I don't know on the phone either

 

[Andrew_Collins]

ebays ok if you can corner a market but home made jewellry is not as popular as I would like. Because I don't go to work I feel like a burden on the rest of my family. I would like to be able to say that I contribute to the families finances.........

You could knit clothes for pets and sell them online,I've heard its a growing buisness, some companies even pay for you to just put hundreds of leaflets together into envelopes. Or advertize to be a house sitter or dog walker.

 

[Andrew_Collins]

If you don't want much communication, you could do recepies on YouTube and see if it gets popular, you can just show your hands or wear a gimmick mask if you want to remain annonymous

 

[markgus]

How strange Adamantium, your name came up in a conversation I was having with 2 of my sons the other day....something to do with Wolverine. Also I believe that companies in the UK are now allowing employees to work from home. I just need the courage and/or confidence to become an employee.

 

[Andrew_Collins]

Security night watchman

 

[markgus]

If you don't want much communication, you could do recepies on YouTube and see if it gets popular, you can just show your hands or wear a gimmick mask if you want to remain annonymous

 

[Adamantium]

How strange Adamantium, your name came up in a conversation I was having with 2 of my sons the other day....something to do with Wolverine. Also I believe that companies in the UK are now allowing employees to work from home. I just need the courage and/or confidence to become an employee.

Adamantium is the fictional material that makes Wolverine's claws and augmented skeleton so tough. I picked the name because my first name is Adam and I like Wolverine and I feel that I have toughed it out through a lot of difficult situations and always been apart, lie the character.

Many companies in the UK are allowing people to work from home. My company is part of a global network with a large firm in the UK that has the same policies.

I also have problems with the phone--in fact, I don't even like to order food or tickets on the phone. But I can usually make myself do it, even though it very uncomfortable and there are times when I just can't do it. Therapists think of it as a kind of social anxiety, but I think it has more to do with not being able to bring the focus and other cognitive resources to bear that I need to have conversations, even trivial conversations, with people on the phone. Either I pay full, effortful attention, or I lose track completely.

For work, I have to adopt a professional persona, so it's more like acting and this is somehow easier. I have to ask--what does the role demand at this point? Then do that. If the situation goes out of that scope, I can defer to my managers/leadership.

Trying to be an employee was one of the scariest things I have ever done, but twenty employed years later it has been worth it.

 

[markgus]

Adamantium is the fictional material that makes Wolverine's claws and augmented skeleton so tough. I picked the name because my first name is Adam and I like Wolverine and I feel that I have toughed it out through a lot of difficult situations and always been apart, lie the character.

Many companies in the UK are allowing people to work from home. My company is part of a global network with a large firm in the UK that has the same policies.

I also have problems with the phone--in fact, I don't even like to order food or tickets on the phone. But I can usually make myself do it, even though it very uncomfortable and there are times when I just can't do it. Therapists think of it as a kind of social anxiety, but I think it has more to do with not being able to bring the focus and other cognitive resources to bear that I need to have conversations, even trivial conversations, with people on the phone. Either I pay full, effortful attention, or I lose track completely.

For work, I have to adopt a professional persona, so it's more like acting and this is somehow easier. I have to ask--what does the role demand at this point? Then do that. If the situation goes out of that scope, I can defer to my managers/leadership.

Trying to be an employee was one of the scariest things I have ever done, but twenty employed years later it has been worth it.

I fear at nearly 50 I may have left it a little to late to go to work. I have always used the excuse of having children not to go to work and now the kids have grown up the very thought of having to go out to find employment puts the fear of god into me so I think working from home is my only option.

 

[Adamantium]

I fear at nearly 50 I may have left it a little to late to go to work. I have always used the excuse of having children not to go to work and now the kids have grown up the very thought of having to go out to find employment puts the fear of god into me so I think working from home is my only option.

That sounds sensible. I am 48 and I have become increasingly aware of what a factor age is.
I started work late, in my late twenties, and issues that I now understand are related to autism have meant a not very stellar career. Holding the same position too long is now looked down on. If you haven't worked your way up to run the department in all those years there must be something wrong with you! (yes, there is but not in the way that they think) Ageism is cruel but very real.

I hope you find something rewarding and enjoyable.

 

[markgus]

That sounds sensible. I am 48 and I have become increasingly aware of what a factor age is.
I started work late, in my late twenties, and issues that I now understand are related to autism have meant a not very stellar career. Holding the same position too long is now looked down on. If you haven't worked your way up to run the department in all those years there must be something wrong with you! (yes, there is but not in the way that they think) Ageism is cruel but very real.

I hope you find something rewarding and enjoyable.

Thank you

 

[icesyckel]

In the US, many insurance adjustors work from home.

 

[King_Oni]

What might be relevant is; what qualifications do you have? What previous job experience?

Working from home isn't impossible, yet if one has no qualifications it might be a bit harder to pull off.

The only "experience" I had was my ex-girlfriend who worked at home for extended periods. Yet, she did have a PhD in something which seemed to be a plus to hire her to start with, she then had to following a lot of training at the company she was working for (which they found was reasonable if you had university level education).. .and even then, it didn't mean she was working from home all the time. She still had to travel from time to time across the country on work on site for a few weeks and then be home for another 5 or so. The downside I saw in it was that she still had to log on at 8 in the morning till 5 and it wasn't a "do it in your own time and pace", nor was it an explicit part of the job for her to work from home. That actually came as a "bonus" to save on travelling compensation from her employer.

I haven't run into any job that wants people to work from home, yet it seems that it does have it benefits or so I've read. Perhaps it's that I keep running into the wrong jobs as well, lol. But I guess that comes with the lack of qualifications and being stuck with relatively mundane jobs for the uneducated.

 

[Judge]

Working from home isn't impossible, yet if one has no qualifications it might be a bit harder to pull off.

Stands to reason that work-at-home positions would inherently involve skilled labor. I don't see the corporate world at least hiring people for unsupervised positions without any prerequisite considerations.