To wonder if you work from home, what do you do?

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I don't know anyone who works from home in rl but I see it all the time on mumsnet.

If you work from home, what is your job?

Obviously not referring to sahp here!

I write about health stuff, it's really flexible but you have to be really disciplined not to spend all your time on MN!

I work in marketing for a US company, so the rest of my team is based there.

I'm an underwriter, 2 days WFH/3 days in office.

I do the accounts for our business (It consultants)

I'm an accountant and work as a support tutor for an accountancy training provider. Students contact a team of us and we answer their queries. I work entirely from home.

Solicitor

Complaints handler - lots of case files but all accessed remotely on office network.

FCA compliance. Everything is accessible remotely these days.

Childminder

Freelance writer, Web content

Bookings co ordinator for an interpreting agency.
Work entirely at home.

I write about health stuff, too. 2 days from home/3 days from the office (or the other way round if I'm lucky).

Resource Manager for big IT firm. The consultants are all over Europe so no need for me to be in the office.

Dog groomer and boarder. (General dogs body too but I don't get paid for that)

Freelance editor
I also have a p/t employed job, which I do 50% from home.

Commercial manager for an online retailer. I do all the figures so can access everything remotely. I also work school hours. I love my job. I know how lucky I am.

Dh works from home, design engineer.

Mirandawest how did you get into that? Did you work for the company before you started working from home?

I'm a property investor

I'm a property investor

I'm a childminder.

I'm a freelance riding instructor.

I'm a buyer for a supermarket and do 1 day a week at home

I'm a freelance copyeditor and proofreader.

I'm a NHS AHP working in the community so my clinical work isn't at home but I have remote access and write notes and do paperwork at home sometimes as an hour or two of my day and sometimes for the odd whole day.

DH is an IT fixer bloke for government he can sometimes work from home it was 2 days per week for about 6 months this year.