Anyone Out There Work Out Of Their Home (Not Making Cakes)
Lounge By butternut Updated 18 Sep 2007 , 3:37pm by DarthLaurie
Hello everyone. Alrighty I'm in need of suggestions, please. My daughter in law is out on leave from her job because of child birth. The more time that she spends with her precious son, the more difficult she is finding it to go back to work and leave him with someone else to care for. They are not in the position yet to only have a one person income so she is beside herself on what to do. Does anyone know of anything that can be done from home and still make a decent earning? Please, if you have any suggestions, let me know so that I can pass it along to her. She is going to have such a difficult time if she has to leave him and go to work. Thanks so much for any help that you can give.
If she is a good typist, she could try a medical transciptionist job. My co-worker's wife does it and it's pretty good money. She has done it for several years. It's very legit - she does it for local doctors, but she goes through some place on the net.
She could look into in-home child care where she watches a handful of other children each day in addition to her own. I'm not sure what the licensing requirements are but it could be ideal as it still allows for plenty of play and one-on-one time in addition to bringing playmates into the home.
That's a great question and I'm interested to hear what other suggestions are out there. I'm a SAHM, but it's very tough living on one income. We have to struggle. I think it's worth the struggle to be home, but at the same time it would be nice to bring in a little extra income.
On the other hand, are they absolutely sure they can't survive on one income?! Every time we sit down and really crunch the numbers, it doesn't make sense for me to go back to work. By the time we pay for daycare, meals out (while working...you know you don't always pack a lunch), work clothes, gas, additional car maintenance, etc...all the extras would pretty much wipe out the second income!
We didn't think we could do it at first. But I lost my job when I was 4 months pregnant with our first (that's another story) and we worked it out. At the time, I was the bread winner. Hubby was working part time and attending school full time. He just cut back on his classes and began working full time. He wasn't making as much as I had been, but we made it work. We make a lot of sacrifices (although when you look at what you are getting in return they don't really feel like sacrifices). I can't tell you the last time I've had new clothes (same with hubby), I no longer get my nails done, we don't go out to eat as often (and we do now it's McDonalds), etc...but it's so worth it.
I really feel for your DIL and I really hope they can make it work. Some women are able to go to work and they feel fine with that. But if she's already struggling with the thought of leaving him, I hope she doesn't have to! I wish there was some kind of program to help mothers stay home with their children...at least until they are old enough to go to school!
Best of luck. Jodie
My daughter is now 21 and when she was born I decided that no matter what it would take, I would work from home so I could be there for her. for 10 years I had my own home daycare.
When your own child is a baby, tho, it's hard to focus on other children and their needs. When she was about 2 years old, I took care of 2 babies, which worked out great. Once she was in kindergarten, I watched younger ones all day and one after school. Since kids get out of school at 2 or 3 in the afternoon, the daycare needs don't end just because they start school!
I've also done medical transcription, made and sold bead work and now I've built a health website and do some freelance writing on different subjects.
There is a website called www.elance.com where people can bid on work. They have virtual assistant jobs, writing, all sorts of things. If she has any expertise in any area, she could start her own website and put google adsense on it or affiliate ads to make revenue.
You have to figure it will take at least a year tho to see any money from a website. there is a lot of marketing involved with that but website building is easy. There are many programs to help. I use Homestead and they have a site builder program included.
There are lots of ways to do it if she is determined to.
Check out this link:
http://www.drlaura.com/sah/money.html
My sister and her husband also work alternate shifts so one can be home with the baby and 3 year old (who is in preschool part time). I think it takes a toll on their marriage and relationship tho-plus he's kind of stuck in a job that lets him work shifts because of this and he would rather change jobs.
Still when people have kids, they have to make some sacrifices for that and the kids do grow up eventually.
When I had my DS we decided that I would stay home..........it literally cute HALF our income (no lie we earned within 1k of each other).....for the first 6-8 months I was still working some from home for the company I left (doing bank reconciliations) it wasnt a ton of money but an extra $200/month and every little bit helps when you are cutting back. I also started watching my niece, and my sister started paying me about $400/month (which was $200 less than she had been paying the daycare)...so it was a win/win for both of us.... by the time I factored in work clothes, gas, eating my lunch out every day...it didnt take long to see that me going back to work (and having to pay $800/month for infant daycare) was just a wash..... luckily for us, my DH has gotten some lovely promotions (and equally lovely raises) in the past 2 1/2 years so for us it has gotten easier and easier but if that hadnt happened (and when my old job wanting to start doing the bank rec's in house) I had planned to get a part-time job......luckily for us it didnt come to that. Now that my niece is in kindergarten, I watch a cousin's baby 3 days a week, and still pick up my niece after school.....I like earning a bit of money just to support my hobbies (cakin and scrapbooking)..........
good luck to you DIL.
Have you thought about Tupperware? It is a great company to work for with an awesome product.
Does she have a specific skill set?
Many companies allow their employees to work from home (I work from home 3 days a week because most of the people I deal with are in India or Texas and I live in NJ). A lot of companies are moving to this model to save on the infrastructure needed to keep offices, etc...
Thanks so much eveyone for some really great suggestions. I knew that I could count on you guys. She was working for a law office doing real estate closings when she left to have her son. She has inquired about doing some of the work at home but they have told her that this wasn't possible. She had intentions on returning to her job but as time goes on, it's just killing her to think that she will have to leave him with someone else in order to go back to work. I'm going to pass along your suggestions and just maybe she will be able to work this out. Thanks so much for all of your help!!
We live in a college town, so when I first quit my job to stay at home with my babies, I ran an ad in the college newspaper. I typed term papers for college students and tests, etc. for the professors. You'd be surprised. You can make really good money doing that. But you need to set up some rules and stick with them, because at first I'd have a student call me at midnight saying "this paper is due at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow." I said "not my problem" and hung up.
I do medical billing and work insurance denials from home. This would not be possible without LogMeIn, its a free, remote computer program. I load this onto the Dr Office computers, it allows me to access the drs office computers from my own home PC. I spend a chunk of time on the phone hasseling insurance companies, but its all 1 800 numbers. I only do this about 5-9 hours a week ( my grandpa lives in our basement apartment and pays me to look after him as opposed to going to a nursing home) I am actally slowly building a business plan to do this more seriously one day when grandpa is n longer with me as I will need that income quickly. Marketing, etc.
Almost anything can be done remotely from home on your computer, the bank closing papers, why can't you tap into their system and do that, go in and show them the money they would save by NOT having you there, you could do "contract" work and they would not have to provide benefits, etc.
Heather
I am a medical transcriptionist and have been working at home for about a year now, since the large hospital in Cleveland that I worked for outsourced my job to India. I'm still a little bitter. Sorry, that gets me off track every single time!
It's a good job, but it's not easy (believe it or not) and it does require some of training, either on the job or through a college program. Most companies won't hire without either 2 years of experience or passing through one of the top MT schools.
I knew a girl that was a customer service agent for QVC or HSN. She did it at home from her PC in the evenings. I never checked out the site, but I believe it is agentsathome.com.
DH is a recruiter (headhunter). He helps people find jobs and the companies pay him between 15%-25% of the person't first year total compensation. If you concentrate in industries that pay a lot, you can make great money. He's had some placements in excess of $20k. All it takes is some sales background, a computer, and the ablility to keep going when you get shot down.
Good luck!
Michelle
My neice is a medical transcriptionist....She loves her job most of the time (she has medical problems her self and cannot work out of the home). She had about a year of training through college and was even a plabotemist? (sp). She is independent though...she loves one of her clients and the other she doesn't care for because he doesn't word things very clear.
I quit my job after having DD #2 and started babysitting. Where I live I am allowed look after (not including my own as they are over the age of 6) 5 children. I charge $140/wk per child and have been full for the last 3 years and currently have a waiting list. It has been the best decision that I ever made. I walk my girls to school and am there when they get home....it's the best of both worlds. If you can afford to take the time to get it up and running it is worth it. It took my approx. 1 yr to get the daycare running the way I wanted it. I have a 4 seater stroller so that I can get everyone to school safely and in one piece as well as my sanity that the little ones can't take off on me!
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