Work at home is hard or easy for you as a mom of 2 kids?
It's easy for me. I have worked from home full time for nine years. When I had my girls almost five years ago, I took a year off, then hired a full time nanny. Now they go to preschool while I work. If my kids were at home, it would be impossible to do my job. (and not allowed - no employer wants to pay someone to work while also watching their children).
Working at home is like any other job. You must plan out your time. Plan your calls or computer work around nap time or quiet time. It isn't hard but you do have to work at it just like anything else. I have worked from home since 2003 and in that time I had a daughter that was very sick most of the time with a lot of Doctor appointments and couldn't be left alone and I have kept my Granddaughter who is now 13 and has asthma and my Grandson who just turned 4 and now I have added my nephew who just turned 7 months. Is it easy not always, is it hard no I just have to stick to my schedule. I love what I do so it makes it seem easy to me, you really have to love what you do in order to make it work for you. I totally trust my company and the products and believe in it. Good Luck and if you would like to learn more about what I do please PM me.
I think it really depends on your type of job, how much of it must be done during typical 8-5 working hours, how organized you are (meaning, both with your job tasks & with your kids--need to keep them busy).
I could only do it if I were to do something that didn't require phone calls during the day and that was didn't take up too much space in my home (I couldn't do something that required me to stock inventory).
I love the fact that I have more flexibility in my day and can work around both work and kids schedules (to a point), rather than before when I was trying to work both my work and kids schedules and could never find the balance to do it all because I was on my employer's schedule. It is still a balancing act but I feel like i have the best of both worlds. When I was working at a job, I felt like I was never home with my family and missed out on so much. Unfortunately we are not in a financial situation where we can be a one income home so I have had to do the best that we can, and fortunately, I love the company I work with and the products, and it allows me the opportunity to be at home and still provide an income.
Honestly, I COULD NOT do this AND have a job! It would be one or the other for me.
Maybe something part time, but not a full time job.
Work at home is work. It is not getting paid to "work" and play with your children all day.
Most places that do allow work from home also require childcare. We run our business from home. It is WORK. it takes self motivation, self discipline and committment.
It is an either or situation. Children need 24/7 care and a full time job needs full time committment. The ONLY way I can make this work is that our daughter is 17 and self sufficient as far as getting herself to school, cheer activities, etc.
I would not be able to do my job successfully with toddlers in tow. My work is very time consuming and it is critical for it to be 100% accurate. My job is not 8-5, it is more of a 24/7 type of thing.
Extremely difficult and guilt provoking. When I was working part time at home, I felt so bad because even though I was there, my GD was still "alone" because I had to work. I could not spend time taking/interacting with her - I had to work.
It is very difficult unless you do something that you can do only during nap time or after bedtime but if you need to "work" during the middle of the day, it's extremely difficult.
I quit the home business (except for a few side jobs I do on weekends when GD is with her mom or at least grandpa is home) and opted to go back to an office.
I work part-time 2 days outside of the home but I also recently started a home based business. I have a 3 1/2 year old and 18 month old and it is *quite* difficult to get anything done during the day. There's no way I can get on the computer or make phone calls while they're awake so 99.99% of the work that I need to get done happens during naptime and after they've gone to bed.
