Scott@KarmaContent
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This is a great topic and one that I've thought lots about.
I've worked from home for the past few years. It wasn't my intention to work from home, it basically got to the point that I couldn't bear working for someone else any longer, ended up getting sacked and had to start earning some money.
There's undoubtedly a lot of benefits. I get to see my daughter far, far more than I would than if I was working most regular kinds of jobs, and we have a fantastic relationship because of this, me being the one who takes her to school, picks her up etc. I don't envy the boring conversations I used to have to have with colleagues I have no interest in and having to follow stupid rules that made absolutely no sense.
On the other hand, I do miss working with other people sometimes and it can be lonely working at home. I also think it can be difficult to re-enter the workplace at a later date. Not only would it be hard to give up the freedom, I think some hiring managers (the less enlightened ones) are loathe to hire people who've worked for themselves (and indeed anyone who doesn't have a rigid, linear work history such as mother's returning to work after bringing up a family).
Ideally, I think what you have to do is to find something outside of your home and work life that you love to do and do it. That's what I've done and it gets me out of the house, I've got to meet some amazing people and it's opened up a lot of new avenues for me.
I've worked from home for the past few years. It wasn't my intention to work from home, it basically got to the point that I couldn't bear working for someone else any longer, ended up getting sacked and had to start earning some money.
There's undoubtedly a lot of benefits. I get to see my daughter far, far more than I would than if I was working most regular kinds of jobs, and we have a fantastic relationship because of this, me being the one who takes her to school, picks her up etc. I don't envy the boring conversations I used to have to have with colleagues I have no interest in and having to follow stupid rules that made absolutely no sense.
On the other hand, I do miss working with other people sometimes and it can be lonely working at home. I also think it can be difficult to re-enter the workplace at a later date. Not only would it be hard to give up the freedom, I think some hiring managers (the less enlightened ones) are loathe to hire people who've worked for themselves (and indeed anyone who doesn't have a rigid, linear work history such as mother's returning to work after bringing up a family).
Ideally, I think what you have to do is to find something outside of your home and work life that you love to do and do it. That's what I've done and it gets me out of the house, I've got to meet some amazing people and it's opened up a lot of new avenues for me.