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| Thu, 10-09-2008 - 9:27am |
Hi!
I am so confused and have gotten to the point that I really trust your advice and know that you wouldn't 'steer' me in the wrong direction with what I'm about to ask.
I am SSOOO dissatisfied with where I am working it is NOT even funny! I want to quit and I want to quit NOW!!!
Here's my question...Do any of you work from home and if so what kind of work do you do. Also, do you like/love what you do and was there much if any training required for it?
I am soo tired of babysitting the people I work with. Example: I make coffee when I know they are going to be here but they NEVER turn off the coffee maker so it stays on all night. I arrived here before them today and it was left on all night so I am going to let them make it and have to dump out the icky thick black coffee that's sitting in there. I only drink one cup to their who knows how many.
Any advice would be appreciated. I know I could post this on some of the work and work from home boards but when I've done that , all I've gotten is solicited and bad advice. (Okay, so there were a few legit ideas thrown at me from the 'regulars' but the 'others', not so good.)


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Lyn, I've worked from home doing a couple of different jobs. Personally, I think it takes a lot more energy and diligence to really make money while doing so. The jobs have never been glamorous, and it's always been assumed that I can take care of all of the household stuff right along with the rest of my workday. As a matter of fact, I think even more of the household stuff gets put on my shoulders when I'm working from home.
In the jobs that I've worked from home, I've had to work anywhere from 11 - 14 hours a day to be successful, and that's after the business is already established. Depending on the type of business and the workload, you can get a little bit of downtime during the day, but you also loose a lot of family time when something needs to get done and you're the only one able to do it.
Now, those have all been my own businesses. One was a daycare business, the other a e-commerce business. If you find a way to work from home for someone else and still meet ends meet, by all means, share ;-)
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I know that it can take a lot to work from home. I really have to get going and get back on track to get back to nursing even though it would be part time call in. Oh but the money...
My h did give me permission to quit. The only thing is, who will pay for dance, my cell phone bill...I don't have that much personally for bills but what I do have is just enough that having a reliable job helps. I am stuck stuffing some envelopes today. They have got to get sent out. I would've had one of the pastors help me but God forbid she lick an envelope! (I'll take something to be signed with the envelope ready to go with it and she brings it back to me not folded or anything! I wonder how much her housekeeper makes! ;)
Only 30 minutes to go and I am out of here whether those envelopes are stuffed or not. I can't mail 'em if I haven't got the stamps! (Which I requesitioned earlier in the week but didn't get the check for but I'm not going to sweat that. The guy will get it here tonight)
If I hear of anything I'll let you know.
Lyn,
I know you and I have talked about this a bit-working from home. BUT the way you posted today made me think of something. I maybe off base, since writing is different from real conversations but you mentioned you were tired of babysitting the people you work for. Is that necessary for you to do your job or is it something you do because you do, you are the nuturing type. I do NOT meant that at all in a negative way but in a positive way BUT like most who give and give, sometimes we get burnt. Maybe you can do your JOB and not do so much for others. Maybe it will help while you sort out what you really want to be doing.
I used to work from home and felt SO very put upon because I let myself be put upon. NOW I have a job that I go in, work my hours and then go. Just food for thought and discussion.
Hi Lyn!
I totally agree with Liv's advice to you regarding your perspective towards your job, and the idea of not 'taking care' of every one else -- just performing your required job duties. I think you need to speak up about the 'b.s.' (ie. not being treated like 'a doormat' where you are taken for granted) & make sure that every one else is doing their share in making the work environment congenial.
As far as working from home, I believe that unless you have job skills that can easily transfer from being done in an office to being done from home, I can't imagine finding a situation where you could be paid enough to make ends meet. It's different if the employer is encouraging cutting back hours & working from home, as is willing to pay accordingly. To start a home-based business is difficult in the any case, and in this economic environment -- people are simply cutting back on spending, on all but the essentials. This credit crisis is not going to end soon, so it's better to keep the job unless you are enduring abusive treatment that is making you ill -- that's not worth it.
I work from home -- but on a very part-time basis & get paid hourly with no benefits -- and my work is dependent on the general financial environment, so things are down now. However, I am in a somewhat different situation in that I don't depend on my job to pay all my bills. So, even for consultants with lots of work experience -- this is not a good economic environment and businesses are & will be cutting back on their budgets, as this recession grows.
Best of luck!
cheers, HB
I worked from home with a few jobs.
I could truly see you as a bird tamer. You definitely have ther personality for it.
There have been a couple of times when I was sick that I was able to work from home because I e-mailed everything to myself and I also had downloaded a copy of the publisher program that they had at work onto my computer. They want
Thanks hbunny. I feel that there is honestly something out there that I could do successfully from home. I am a nurse with office training and when it comes to a few other things I am kind of a 'jack of all trades, master of none.'
I am not looking ot start up my own business. Kind of been down that road and hated all of the state crap and stuff that came with it. Really don't want to go down that road again!
The main times I have been made to feel like a 'doormat' was when the new 'bosses' came in and the moving crew took the old desk out of one of the offices and put it on it's side in the coat closet. I got reamed for being the one who did it. One, I wasn't there when they did it and two, like I could've moved that heavy desk by myself. It was to go back into my desk to be an extra area for money counters. I asked if it could be put in my office and the person in charge of property at that time literally ripped me a new one saying that it was going to be put out in the hall and I had no say in it. Well, that person has since resigned their property position and I got the desk put in mine. The same guy came into the office and informed me that I was only to sit at the computer and do exactly what I was doing then because THAT was my job.
More recently I made up an updated schedule of assistants (it IS listed in my job duties and I kind of like doing it even though it can be a bit of a headache) the person in charge of that committee reamed me via e-mail saying 'I am not pleased with that schedule. I will e-mail you another one or come out and fix it.' And then the 'b' sat at my desk and re did it. This is the same b that when my h called and said "I'm going to Culver's for lunch, do you want to meet me?' I said 'Yeah!' and had him order my meal so it would be ready when I got there. She showed up as I was getting ready to leave. When I arrived, my food was basically cold and he was done eating. I was torked! I did leave on her though :)
Now I just feel that it's time. We also have friends who are involved with the place I work and I value them more than I do that place. As long as I can make $350-400 every two weeks working from home I would be happy because that's what I'm averaging now.
Thanks Liv,
The reason I feel like I'm babysitting is because if I don't make sure the coffee maker is off, they don't shut it off. I used to make coffee when I'd go in out of common courtesy. You never know who will be coming in and if they'll want a cup. When I left work yesterday I shut off the coffee maker because I was the last one out but I didn't empty it out. I'm sorry, she was so lazy she ended up drinking the stale coffee from the day before because she didn't want to go through the work.
Another thing that I left out is the fact that they moved here from Utah and while she is from this area, he is not and I don't think he wants to be here. He talks about how he could look out his windows at the mountains and here he sees other houses. How you could take the motorcycle on an hour ride and at some point go through something like 10 parks. I guess I don't want to be in the middle of that either.
Maybe I'm just being a baby about the whole situation but I'll admit one thing. I'm sure liking being home today (it's my normal day off). They wanted me to switch my days from m-th to t-f because they aren't in the office on Monday. Don't think so. Even the 'prez' vetoed that one!
I guess there is someone on my side and I should tell him how I feel because I have mentioned the possibility of leaving to a few people but I think the 'prez' has the right to know. I really like him. He's cool.
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