To ask what job you do that means you can work from home?

[TallWomanWalking]

I am just being a tad curious and nosy.

What jobs do you do that mean you can work from home?
And does it pay decently?

Data Manager/Programmer. WFH full time. The pay is ok - the same as it is for the equivalent office based job, but I save on the commuting costs

I once suggested it at work but was told no - apparently teachers aren't allowed to (not during the day in term time anyway - evenings and weekends are OK).

Foster carer, I've being doing it for many years and have reached a stage where it does pay very well.
However it is not a job anyone should do because it pays well.

Communications. Don't work from home all the time but can when I want to/ need to. I wouldn't want to do it everyday, I'd go stir crazy, but it's good to have the flexibility.

I am also a charity project developer and bid-writer. My head office is abroad, but I go to London every couple of months for a few days.

It's a bit hit and miss salary wise as very dependent on if the bids are successful.

But I am very grateful for the flexibility it gives me, as DH is a consultant who frequently has to go wherever the job is and is away a fair bit.

It is unlikely to last though, as Brexit means DH's job is very precarious, and as my work is almost entirely EU funded we are not quite sure what the future holds. We have already lost (jointly) 30% of our usual income starting from July this year.

I'm a minister in a church so some days I go into my place of work (not a church building, something else) but other days I work at home lurk about on MN

I also lecture part-time in theology so do prep at home but then have to go in to do lectures. Some students come to my house for tutorials.

Remuneration - let's just say I didn't go into ministry to be a millionaire - the people make up for it thought

Data analyst, one day a week (Monday) Takes discipline but I have been doing it since my son was tiny so used to it now.
I am paid very well.

I'm a commercial manager for a large FMCG company. I'm home based but may have to travel to one of our offices or elsewhere to meet a member of my team. Typically I'm at home 3 days a week and can mostly control my own diary.

Freelance translation. Was on about sixty grand when I was full time.

Oh, and remuneration is pretty good. Higher rate tax payer with decent bonus and benefits.

Project Manager - full time freelance from home, love it

I am a make up artist and fashion blogger. I also have two kids, one goes to nursery for 4 hours. Its difficult and stressful but I love my work

Niche role in IT very well paid. When I started boss was in another country - we have offices here but not within easy commute. 99% from home.

2014 how did you get into working in HR internationally?

I've always worked in global companies. I cover Europe.

Solicitor, approx £40k fte - could earn a lot more but like the huge flexibility in current role - do school hours and make up rest of part time role once kids are in bed. I tend to work from home for a whole day once a week, plus short days in office and extra hours when kids are in bed /at their dads.
I wouldn't work with kids under my feet though, they need to be asleep/ at school etc!

I'm a marketing accounts manager. Part time. One day a week in the office and one from home. I'm also a freelance writer on the side, which is done from home and I'm about to complete my doula training which will mean when I have a birth client I'll be on call for the month surrounding their due date, but will have to fly off at a moments notice to attend the birth.

16 hours a week marketing pays me about £600 a month. I get about £400 from writing 5 articles ish a month. And doulaing once I've completed the mentoring process will be about £800 for each birth.

So its not amazing money, but it keeps us ticking over and it allows me pretty much to still be a full time mum

I mainly do spreadsheety things, for a large corporation.

I currently work 1 day a week from home.

I have done 2 days a week from home in the past.

One person in my office does 3 days a week from home (out of 5 worked total).

@2014newme how did you find it? I've been looking into doing a HR role from home or predominantly from home for my next role but finding it difficult to find any roles

Solicitor. Work in an office six or seven days a month otherwise from home. Long time with the company, I'm very good and boss doesn't want me to move to another firm (which I probably would do if he made me commute to the nearest city every day). Paid a little bit over 100k a year. I know I am very lucky!

To state the obvious I have full time childcare in place and work some very long hours. Working like this saves on commuting costs and time and also means I actually see my children awake.

HR consultant. £40k+ WFH part of the week

I write scientific software, used to be FT but half time since DD started school and no intention of working FT again. I'm an anomaly in my company - DH's job moved, they wanted to retain me.

I'm a foster carer, so I spend time out of the house obviously - school runs, taking kids to activities, going on day trips etc. But my two foster kids are both school age and have no issues with attending school so every day during school hours I have to myself. There are courses that come up from time to time but most weeks I have quite a bit of free time. I love it and feel that I'm very lucky to basically be a paid SAHM. That said, the 'pay' is not enough to entice most people to do the job unless they have a real calling to it. I do get more now that the children are placed with us permanently but all money from mine and my husband's jobs (he works full time for a large company) goes on the children and family in general. We do have a decent lifestyle, there's enough for clubs for the boys and days out when we want them etc, but we do have to watch that we don't go into our overdraft at the end of each month.

Writer, editor and translator. It keeps the wolf from the door but took me a while to build up contacts/reputation etc. And learn the language I translate from! (Mandarin Chinese)

I work as a self-employed contractor for a national company, it's entirely home-based. My work is mostly selling advertising, reviewing products/services and updating a local area website with events and information for families.
The pay fluctuates as its commission based but I need the flexibility as a single parent (no family nearby to help out) and it allows me to study for my MA part time too so it'll do for now until I'm ready to do my PhD or start a different job after my son has settled at school (he starts this September).