How can I make a comfortable income from home

On the contrary, I agree with @TillyTrifle Bit of a harsh with her words, but I largely agree. Some people work very hard in the workplace, and get trained, and acquire extra qualifications, and work their way up the career ladder, and after 10 years in the job they are often still not on the £50K a year the OP is demanding.

Society does not 'f'ing hate mothers,' but expecting to be a stay-at-home-mum for 15 years, and then drop straight into a £50K a year job with fuck-all experience in it, (or qualifications) is farcical. Stay at home mums contribute to society, and they do a valuable job raising the next generation, but it's just insulting to people who have been constantly in the workplace for 2 or 3 decades, racking up experience and qualifications, to suggest a stay at home mum of 15 years should just walk into a £50K a year job.

Whilst I don't want to berate stay at home mums, I have to say once the children are at school, it is NOT a hard life. It's an easy life for many, and I think those who are able to do it should count themselves very lucky. Many women have to pretty much do everything they do, AND go to work!

And I have every right to say a stay at home mum is an easy life once the children are at school. I have been a stay at home mum (was for 9-10 years,) a part time working mum, and a full time working mum. I can honestly say being a stay at home mum (once the kids were at school) was an easy life.

As has been said though, I was quite glad to start earning my own money again. You make yourself very vulnerable if you are a stay at home mum indefinitely/for many years.

Same 👍

Whether the OP comes back or not, this post should be read by all parents deciding whether or not to SAH.

I earn well over £50k and don't have any managerial responsibilities! Private sector, masters degree, professional qualification, 20yrs+ experience in a STEM based technical role.

@Statsquestion2 @Nourishinghandcream in what industries or sectors please?

I'm not sure I've seen many officer roles in the public / non profit sector that are 50k and not managerial, possibly if you started on a lower salary and work up a pay spine.

In any case OP would have to train and get experience- by the time OP gets to 50k, the desired salary is actually 70k etc. due to inflation.

Not at all.

When I took early retirement 3yrs ago, my salary was £45k and the same role is now paying £50k.
Definitely not a management role, just a specialism which required training & experience.

During COVID we were WFH quite successfully and it was the unnecessary return to the office that made me decide to leave.

Not every 50k role is managerial no…

For a salary of that size, you need to pursue a career based around your training and skillset, and consider using wrap around childcare.

I'm a nurse, and I do project work for NHS England developing services and undertaking research. I have an awful lot of flexibility in my role and a good salary, but it took me many years of work and training to get here.

It's not midwifery.

A 50k role will have managerial level responsibilities.

Why get a TA qualification if you want £50k working from home? The two don't add up.

I do Governance Risk & Compliance.

i started as a call centre agent taking orders for a catalogue and moved through Supervisor > Team Leader > Team Manager > Call centre manager. Then moved companies and went into IT Service Desk management which led me to ISO20000 compliance and I volunteered to be the lead in maintaining certification for that. That led me to learning about ISO27001 and I implemented that and got the company certified. I developed a team structure around Governance, Risk & Compliance, got it all approved and budgeted, recruited some people to the team and implemented ISO9001, 14001, 22301, cyber essentials and SOC2 T2.

So now I’m part of the Senior leadership team, head up GRC function, WFH, set my own hours and my salary is more than 4 times what it was 10 yrs ago. I never finished Uni had to leave part way through 2nd year due to personal circumstances, have no professional qualifications and do all my self-learning through books, free online courses, conferences/networking and doing stuff till I figure it out.

I wfh op and i am able to pick my eldest up from school every day. But i don’t quite earn £50k because i’ve had to reduce my hours in order to do this.

I have also always worked apart from my mat leaves, and i have been working in my industry for 14 years.

Apply for a job which pays what you want to earn and fits your skill set @Sweetly1

Sorry op but that is totally unrealistic

A lot of customer service jobs have gone to India.

Oh come on, the OP is a troll taking the piss. Don't take it so seriously!

Freelance in creative could be copy writing, graphic design, web design, editing, proof reading, creating content for social media etc.

Not the case if you work in tech. I haven't stepped foot in an office since 2020 and earn well over 50k.

If they are actively recruiting, maybe share the roles that OP would be suitable for…….

Civil service is a good choice if you have been out of work for a long time. Some roles are still hybrid, although full homeworking contracts are no longer available. My department offers flexible hours and part-time contracts - I'd imagine others would be similar. You won't start with 50,000k, but if you keep applying to higher jobs 50,000 k is a realistic possibility after some years, although admittedly everyone I know at that salary in the civil service has a degree...

As a lady I have generated a most comfortable income writing an anonymous society column about the marriages taking place in the tonne. I of course cannot have a bank account or own my own property but I save the shillings at the local costumier

I’ve written an encouraging post above but she does have to be realistic about what you can earn in primary hours (especially if she has had a long time out of work). 50k isn’t a salary you can expect from many primary hours roles.

You can get more doing night shifts in a supermarket than alot of really busy admin jobs.

OP needs to know that £50K is unrealistic after so many years out of the workplace and a limited set of skills.

Better to be realistic than give her false hope that there are loads of jobs she can do from home that will be rushing to employ her with the flexibility she needs for the inflated salary she wants.

This is why we read how important it is for everyone to have their own finances. Not to mention the mental health benefits of going to work, the social side, not losing skills etc.

I stayed home for the first few years which I loved but so glad I went back.