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

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

Online teacher

Thank you everyone who responded. I’ve PM’d someone working in a field related to my skills and qualifications to find out more.

Sales - 30 k base salary and about 20 k commission, so 50k per year.

No way I could care for someone though while working, my little boy goes to nursery full time.

@Iamthewombat that's the question she asked in the thread title! What do you do?

She doesn't say what she does!

She clearly asked the question to solicit ideas for what she could do from home. Saying ‘become an accountant’ doesn’t really help, does it?

Data analyst

LA housing manager, but I wouldn’t be able to provide someone with care and do my job. I could get the odd drink, sandwich, help to the toilet possibly but that’s it!

I work in finance/management and do 2-3 days from home each week plus 2 in the office. It would be feasible to do the job 100% from home but I dislike managing on zoom. I have 100% flexibility over how and when I work.
There is no way I could care for someone whilst working - I pay for childcare for my hours even when I am working from home.

So you want a company to pay you £32k for a job you can’t do because you need to care full time for someone else? Do you really think people that work from home drink coffee and read MN all day?

Blankspace101 not at all. The person I care for does not need 24/7 input, but they cannot be left alone. I have a masters level qualification, am open to further training, and need to command a professional salary. I am, indeed, just looking for ideas.

DH is a senior web developer but he only leaves his desk for like 10 minutes a day to make tea and get lunch (that he eats at his desk). He couldn't work and do care.

Freelance translation. Very flexible, I could do it with someone pottering around in the background but not if I needed to give them focused care.

PA formally office based so trust gained, wfh due to the pandemic though did odd days before
Now at home but I don't stop and actually work more hours than in the office and I'm a carer for a relative.
I make them lunch but the rest of the day they fend for themselves, make a flack of tea, provide snacks. Care properly when I log off between 530 and 7pm

If you need to be a hands on carer you couldn't do my job, it's too demanding and I'm expected to be fully on

Publishing. The hours are flexible so I conceivably could care for someone alongside if they weren't too demanding and I was prepared to put in very long days!

Civil service H grade plus, although more like S grade to comfortably be above £32k depending on the department. Huge variety of roles, lots of remote working.