At one time or another, many home-based workers are asked, "What exactly do you DO all day?"
Many believe that those who work at home don't really work. Their lives are seen as endless vacations; enjoyable joyrides envied by those who are forced to punch a clock each day.
A home work schedule does tend to allow for a certain amount of flexibility, it's true. A home worker does not have to fill out a time sheet or punch a clock, and won't be punished for sick days or vacation time. No one will yell at a home worker for a long lunch hour, a nap at work, or even for working in his/her pajamas.
Even so, a home worker is a genuine worker. To earn a decent living, the home businessperson has to complete his/her work assignments, thoroughly and quickly. Home workers face deadlines and workloads, just as everyone does; if they take too much time away from their jobs, then they will fail in their professional endeavors.
Furthermore, home-based workers actually might spend less time on vacation than their office laborer counterparts. People who work in-house for major corporations earn vacation time; which means that, eventually, they can take off for one- or two-week periods, with no need to report to the office or complete any work assignments during that time.
Home businesspeople, on the other hand, work continuously throughout the year, taking their laptops and notebooks with them wherever they go. It takes a great deal of concentrated time and effort to make a home business work.
Furthermore, as these businesspeople work at home, they're technically never 'off work.' An employer or client could call anytime, day or night, and projects sometimes are not completed within a standard, nine-to-five time frame.
A work-at-home novelist, for example, might get a flash of inspiration at 4 a.m., taking them from their bed directly to their computer desk. A person who runs an online store might get a rush product order at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, a time when many office workers are sleeping peacefully in their beds. A caterer might get a call to prepare a four-course meal for an event scheduled that evening.
In addition, home workers face a vast variety of distractions not encountered during a standard workday. While an office worker might take a break to get a sip of coffee at work, a home-based professional might take a break to change the diaper of his/her small child, go pick an older child up from school or daycare, talk to a visiting repair person about repairs needed in the home, deal with a family emergency, or cook dinner for the family. Friends call (working under the assumption that a person at home has all the time in the world to converse), dogs bark and bills come in the mail.
This is not to say, of course, that working at home is not a fun, satisfying experience. Ultimately, though, home workers work just as hard as their office-based counterparts. They don't call it 'home work' for nothing...
Many believe that those who work at home don't really work. Their lives are seen as endless vacations; enjoyable joyrides envied by those who are forced to punch a clock each day.
A home work schedule does tend to allow for a certain amount of flexibility, it's true. A home worker does not have to fill out a time sheet or punch a clock, and won't be punished for sick days or vacation time. No one will yell at a home worker for a long lunch hour, a nap at work, or even for working in his/her pajamas.
Even so, a home worker is a genuine worker. To earn a decent living, the home businessperson has to complete his/her work assignments, thoroughly and quickly. Home workers face deadlines and workloads, just as everyone does; if they take too much time away from their jobs, then they will fail in their professional endeavors.
Furthermore, home-based workers actually might spend less time on vacation than their office laborer counterparts. People who work in-house for major corporations earn vacation time; which means that, eventually, they can take off for one- or two-week periods, with no need to report to the office or complete any work assignments during that time.
Home businesspeople, on the other hand, work continuously throughout the year, taking their laptops and notebooks with them wherever they go. It takes a great deal of concentrated time and effort to make a home business work.
Furthermore, as these businesspeople work at home, they're technically never 'off work.' An employer or client could call anytime, day or night, and projects sometimes are not completed within a standard, nine-to-five time frame.
A work-at-home novelist, for example, might get a flash of inspiration at 4 a.m., taking them from their bed directly to their computer desk. A person who runs an online store might get a rush product order at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, a time when many office workers are sleeping peacefully in their beds. A caterer might get a call to prepare a four-course meal for an event scheduled that evening.
In addition, home workers face a vast variety of distractions not encountered during a standard workday. While an office worker might take a break to get a sip of coffee at work, a home-based professional might take a break to change the diaper of his/her small child, go pick an older child up from school or daycare, talk to a visiting repair person about repairs needed in the home, deal with a family emergency, or cook dinner for the family. Friends call (working under the assumption that a person at home has all the time in the world to converse), dogs bark and bills come in the mail.
This is not to say, of course, that working at home is not a fun, satisfying experience. Ultimately, though, home workers work just as hard as their office-based counterparts. They don't call it 'home work' for nothing...
About the Author:
Lacy Foxnau pens articles online regarding home work, that succeeds. In the past Lacy's written regarding her experience with online survey jobs, sites that offer paid surveys that actually pay money, and a lot of other legitimate home based ventures.
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