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!

Handicraft retailer. Have a separate workroom and do it full time and then some! Absolutely love it though and it means I can be flexible. Been doing it nearly five years now, although it is only the last six months where I have started to reap the rewards.

I refurbish prams and sell them on.

On the PPH thing, I think it's great for putting a toe back in the water after a career break. It really helped me after being a SAHM.
I found that it was better to stick to a reasonable price per word and not compete against the stupidly cheap writers from across the world. In the end, people who wanted writers with my particular skills/experience were happy to pay and I've had lots of work. It's nowhere near the magazine rates I got 10-15 years ago but it's flexible and I'm much quicker and more efficient now.
I get more more clients directly now, so use PPH less.

What a lovely thread! I have two jobs - one P/T office based (a mile away) and the other is running school holiday swim clinics and camps for local swimming club based at home. Do all the planning, marketing, update the website, liaise with the coaches, take the bookings, collect the payments, chase the payments (!), do P & L report. I'm paid for 6 hours per week which is just about what it is. I'm hoping it will grow and I can drop the other job as I love being able to do it when I wish to (early mornings and evenings if that suits me, for example) and answer emails via my phone when I'm out and about. I just need wifi so I can do it from anywhere in the world. It's perfect!

I'm a parish clerk. Nanny0gg - we don't have a parish office. Parishioners etc can ring me at home although I am circumspect about when I answer the phone!

I'm a Childminder, full time.
Been doing it for 17 years and love it!
Love being my own boss.....not answering to anyone (except Ofsted every few years!).......doing what I want with the children (within reason of course!).......and not having to commute!

Another lawyer here. I work at least 1 day a week from home, often more. We have instant messaging and video meeting facilities plus its a paperless office so it is quite easy to do.

I generally only work from home during school holidays but I work in analytics.

We don't have an office either, just my home. So far no one has popped in on Parish business - they seem to save it all up for public participation at the Parish Council meeting.

Waves to Alma too!

High fives Portia!

I do freelance digital content things (writing, editing, proofing, coaching others, managing projects). I've been in this field for a while, but only recently started WFH. Love the freedom and flexibility. Wish I'd gone freelance sooner!

Software developer

I make craft items in my shed & I teach T'ai Chi

I don't teach T'ai Chi in my shed -it's too small.

Fundraising consultant - work for small to medium charities all over UK. I set my own rates and hours.

I hate it and I've nearly had a breakdown over it, been sat in my home office for 12 years now. Desperate to get a "real job" but it would be much lower paid. I think its a midlife-mid-career crisis.

HDBrow stylist

Another translator, though I have an employer that feeds me tasks rather than being freelance. Which is handy since I'm also a full-time student! My translation work is within the area of e-commerce.

Worked as a translator on and off for a while, then a consultant for a uni, then got head hunted this summer and work as executive director for a non profit, all from home and relatively flexible. Love working from home but you need to be disciplined and not sofa surfing or shopping when you should be meeting deadlines!

I'm another freelance writer, I work for a book summaries app and do whatever other work comes my way. I do a bit of blogging for a few toy companies, some writing for birth /parenting sites and have a few regular clients who I write for weekly, mainly business websites/blogs.

My dh is a freelance ecommerce consultant and works either from home or from clients offices.

DH is an entrepreneur with an office in the City, another office in SW London and an office at home. He'll work from home at least 2 days a week

I'm going to be working from home when ds starts school in September. I'm a Travel Agent.

I retired recently, but had 2 p/t jobs
I ran my own second hand book business - , 2 days out, but the rest worked around my other job which was working for a wholesale firm on the phone/computer. As long as i worked so many hours a week, I could please myself (within reason) when I did them. I was one of the first distance workers I knew - did it for 30 years. Had to be disciplined in that, and had a proper 'go to work' office/study

Writer for a v large company. Working from home full time at the moment - terrified that someone might ask me to work from the office again as love being able to wear PJs until about 11, go for a walk when the rain stops, sort washing etc. I do start work at 7 and work much later sometimes than if I was in the office - but on the balance I do very well out of this arrangement - just a shame it's not written down anywhere and I feel vulnerable as someone could say 'where the hell are you? Get into the office!'.

WFH now for 13 years, work for a large corporate, bog standard office job but company is a big supporter of homeworking to reduce expensive office space.

It has helped me massively when my children were young, not as an alternative to childcare - it absolutely isn't - but the saving of 2 hours a day, 10 hours a week, 40 hours a month commuting has been amazing. Not to mention the financial savings on travel and the ability to put a wash load in during lunch break or prep dinner.

Now though, with an empty nest I am beginning to find it a little too solitary and lonely for my liking, considering a PT return to the office for the social element that I didn't miss or partake in when the family were young.

ifherbum, I think audio Description is fascinating but know little about it. Do you do live describing as well? How do you write the scripts? Are there sort of industry-standard templates/conventions?