Brian Ethridge Top 10 Reasons To Work From Home
Many people are hesitant when it comes to pursuing a telecommuting job, but there are a lot of positives that out-weight the negatives when it comes to working from home. Here’s a list of 10 reasons why you should sign up for Freelance Pulse and try to find a stable work at home job.
10: You’ll never get a call from your spouse while you’re in the middle of a presentation asking “Which end of the baby does the suppository go in?”
Let’s face it, sometimes our significant other can ask the dumbest questions. The absolute best of these come while we’re up to our elbows in something super-important at the office. Perhaps you’re giving a presentation. Having a meeting with a new client. Or horror of horrors, getting your quarterly performance review. This is about the time that your loved one has a full-stop on brain function and decides that they need to call you for direction on the smallest of things. Which button on the dishwasher is the ‘on’ one? How do you grill a cheese sandwich? Is it normal for smoke to come out of the DVD player? When you work at home, you can keep an eye on the house without wondering if it is still there to come home to.
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9. Casual Friday is everyday.
Business casual is metaphor for ‘chafe’. Wool this, wool that, and things that ride up where nothing has any business going. When you work from home, no one is going to care if you’re wearing a T-shirt from a hair band concert you attended in 1991. Write an article in your pajamas or code in your skivvies. Just don’t answer the door without a robe.
There’s all sorts of books out there that tell you clothes make the man and so on. But, really, does it matter what you’re wearing at home? Though it does make one wonder- what if the ladies on the adult phone lines are all wearing work boots and overalls? Just sayin’.
8. In the middle of something important?
You can still go to the bathroom. Oh my gosh. This one is huge. More people end up frustrated over not being able to go to the bathroom than anything else. I once worked in a huge office building where the bathroom was probably half a city block from my cubicle.
Talk about annoying. Just running to the bathroom and back can use up an entire break in some offices. At home, you know exactly where the toilet is. You don’t need to ask your manager if you can log out of a system, do the ‘potty dance’ while on a conference call, or contemplate buying a package of adult diapers.
7. Didn’t make it to the laundromat? No one will know.
Your mother warned you to always have clean socks and underpants. What if you were driving along, had an accident, and had to go to the emergency room? Everyone there would know you had dirty ones on!
Working from home, there’s no commute, so a car accident during rush hour is unlikely. Of course, you should always wear clean underpants anyway. I mean, what if you had to run out of the house for something and you were…
6. You don’t have to share a desk. So go ahead, keep that funky wallpaper.
In some offices co-workers from different shifts share a terminal or cubicle. This can make for a pretty dull work environment. The same four walls, everyday, staring back at you. Working from home you can set your computer theme to whatever you want. No one is going to change it on you.
Plus, who is going to give you funny looks if you have a lightsaber for your pointer? Wear your Fan Boy status loud and proud! Oh and guys, it’s OK if you put up a Twilight theme, it makes you look sensitive.
5. Forget the office radio station choices.
Seriously, are there people that enjoy the non-stop yap of talk radio in the morning, every morning, 365 days a year? There probably are, but, my god. Many people could care less about the hero status of some dog that’s been repeated on every radio station every half hour.
At home you can load all of your favorite tunes onto your Mp3 player and rock out while working. You’re guaranteed not to shock your Baby Boomer boss with the Gangsta Rap on your iPod. So sing along- your co-workers ears aren’t going to explode from that off-key voice.
4. It’s OK to have chili the night before.
Alright, we all know what happens when the human body ingests some foods. We also know that there is that one person in the office that really doesn’t care about their fellow man. God forbid you’re caught in the elevator with this person.
You’re always afraid that you are going to do the same thing. It is mortifying to think your body is going to rebel and no matter how hard you try, a little ‘pffft’ will alert everyone in the locality that you’ve just broken wind. Working from home- the only sensitive olfactory system you will offend is your own. Well, maybe the kids, but they think that stuff is hilarious.
3. There’s no such thing as ‘office nap time’
Just why isn’t there an office nap time? In the middle of the day, productivity drops. Why? Because we’re tired! Some cultures have nap time after lunch, why in the world hasn’t this caught on everywhere?
Of course the break room has coffee, but caffeine just adds to that ‘Oh lord I think I am dying’ sugar drop sooner or later. For those that work from home, anytime can be nap time. This one goes hand in hand with #2. If you’re already in your jammies, taking a nap is a snap. In fact, I think I’ll go take one, then finish this up.
2. You can’t get fired for updating FaceBook or Twittering about your boss.
Texting, sexting, FaceBooking, Tweeting…all of it is a no-no at work. Some people may have laid back bosses that just don’t care about a little surf time. If every company felt that way, there wouldn’t be snooping software for employers or links with pop-ups that make it look like you’re working.
When you’re your own boss- who is going to fire you? Keep your instant messengers open, Tweet all morning if you feel like it. Just don’t send everyone on your email list those stupid forwards. They’re annoying, so stop it. Right now. No one cares anymore if the cat wants a cheeseburger.
1. You can take a day off to spend with your family.
Everyone that works outside of the home has found themselves missing something important when it comes to family. A reunion, a holiday, or even your child’s birthday. When you drop the 9 to 5 grind, you can take a break or a vacation whenever you have the finances ready for
it.
Working from home gives you all the joys of being free from the rat-race and of family time-anytime. If you have kids, you’ll get to know every TV program on Nickelodeon. You’ll sing kids songs with abandon. You will learn to balance a baby on your knee while you type invoices or maybe even a humor Top Ten list.
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This post was written by: Julie Fletcher
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