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If you routinely work from home and pull in £32K plus, what do you do?

65 replies

Halliabaloo · 18/05/2021 21:13

I’m a carer for someone who can no longer be left unsupervised. I need to maintain my earnings. Give me ideas, please!

OP posts:
Dazedandconfused10 · 18/05/2021 21:25

HR but, I'm busy to the point where I don't stop and am in meetings for up to 5 hours continuously. I would not be able to provide care at the same time.

mrsm43s · 18/05/2021 21:30

In my experience, any job where you can work from home as an employee the employer will expect your full attention during working hours, and you wouldn't be able to simultaneously provide care. The exception to this would be self employment.

tortoiselover100 · 18/05/2021 21:31

I'm a project manager and same as pp, in meetings and on the phone constantly. Barely enough time for a toilet stop or to eat a few biscuits in lieu of lunch

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 18/05/2021 21:32

Ds is a freelance journalist. He earns about 50k

But he doesn’t have time to leave his computer.

Crabwoman · 18/05/2021 21:32

I WFH for my local authority and earn that. But like PP I regularly do a 10-12 hour day, as do most of my colleagues because workloads are brutal.

lastqueenofscotland · 18/05/2021 21:33

Most well paid jobs where you work from home are ones which were office based where trust has been gained enough for you to work from home

Nohomemadecandles · 18/05/2021 21:34

You could apply for quite a lot of remote working roles now but they will want you working not caring. Can you get carer's allowance and earn a bit less?

(Please, please don't get conned into an mlm of any kind. (

Lou573 · 18/05/2021 21:36

Lawyer. Wouldn’t be able to reliably provide care and work though, I have excellent childcare in place even though I’m at home.

HalfShrunkMoreToGo · 18/05/2021 21:38

Info security management, pays well but I work long days, have lots of teams calls and can't rely on having time to eat lunch let alone anything else.

PinkPurpleParade · 18/05/2021 21:40

Work for my local council in housing, I'm on 30k and in my part of the country that's a high salary. Used to be office based but that's all changed since Covid. However like others have said, no chance I could care at the same time. I get over 300 emails a day and probably 50 phone calls. Usually a couple of 1-2 hour meetings a day I can't step away from. I have to do assessments over the phone which take anything up to an hour and I can't just hang up on vulnerable customers. The workload is huge, I have a caseload of 40-50 families at any one time and am expected to be there if they need me, 9-5 Monday to Friday.

Today I started work at 8.45, intending to jump on and answer emails before making a coffee and crumpet. Ended up swamped and didn't eat drink or move til 12.30.

Not to put you off at all, I love WFH, but I think if anything it's MORE demanding than office work as people don't see how much is on your plate.

Stompythedinosaur · 18/05/2021 21:41

Nurse therapist, but it took some years to get to my current position.

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 18/05/2021 21:43

You can get Direct Payments through local council / social care if there is an assessed need £14 per hour. There will be a threshold limit so May not be £32k but still some help. Contact the local council and discuss with a social worker.

999Alex · 18/05/2021 21:43

Accountant

Clymene · 18/05/2021 21:44

It doesn't matter what my job is because I couldn't do it if I were a full time carer.

I think it's a bit unrealistic to expect to find a well-paid wfh job when you can't give it your all.

Have you explored all the benefit options?

Beancounter1 · 18/05/2021 21:45

Sounds like if you need to maintain your earnings then you can't care for this person. Call social services to arrange an alternative.
Best of luck

Moondust001 · 18/05/2021 21:45

I'm a manager managing a team half of whom routinely earn more than that - all work from home. Sorry, but no way would we allow this. If anyone, adult or child, requires supervision then you are not allowed to work at the same time as giving that care; and if you tried to pull the wool over our eyes you would seriously risk dismissal if you were caught.

I'm sorry, but the two things you want are incompatible. You cannot care for someone full time and also work fulltime. I presume you also cannot get any assistance with the care?

Original poster
Halliabaloo · 18/05/2021 21:45

Thanks all, I’ve looked at benefits and the restrictions on earnings if one claims carer’s allowance are ridiculous. My current employer would absolutely consider 20 hours a week on site, which would work. But I wouldn’t be able to claim anything to top up our income.

OP posts:
Chicchicchicchiclana · 18/05/2021 21:48

I work part time all from home but if I worked full time it would be around £35k. But if I did that there's no way I could also be a carer.

Ugzbugz · 18/05/2021 21:54

Corporate bullshit....

1678bfj7 · 18/05/2021 21:56

Civil Service.

A lot of the lower and middle roles (around the 35k mark for middle) are more operational, and may be public facing so wouldn't help you. The more senior roles, where you're working with stakeholders rather than public, are more likely to allow wfh as we can do Teams meetings etc. Though post-pandemic, some travel will be required for meetings. However CS jobs >£35k are likely to be full on. I rarely have time for lunch (even ten minutes), and I'm on Teams most of the day. It would be almost impossible to provide any care in those circumstances.

The only thing I could see working would be if you had carers coming in, and you were just around the house for emergencies, but otherwise able to put in a full day's work (and often many additional unpaid hours).

Neonprint · 18/05/2021 21:58

@999Alex

Accountant
Like an actual account or a tiktok account?! Grin
JaninaDuszejko · 18/05/2021 21:58

You need someone else to provide the care when you are working. Speak to SS, I would think it's cheaper for them to support someone in their own home than have then in a care home.

DH and I both earn more than £32K and can WFH but we both have a lot of education and years of experience. What do you do at the moment? Is there the opportunity for progression? Or is PT work the only option?

BuffySummersReportingforSanity · 18/05/2021 22:00

^^what they all said. There is no job where you can earn 32k plus solely from home and also be a carer all day. When you're working you need to be working. Even if you set up your own highly skilled business, which would give you flexibility over hours, it would take you months or years to build it up.

Mintjulia · 18/05/2021 22:01

Marketing manager for a software company. But it takes focus and concentration. Having my ds (12) home while I work is difficult enough and he looks after himself mostly. Home schooling was tough.

I don't think trying to work and be a carer for someone isn't realistic. Sorry

Mintjulia · 18/05/2021 22:02

......I don't think trying to work and be a carer for someone is realistic. Sorry