Working at home

[lilelvis2000]

Well the wife has put her foot down. I'm to curtail my commuting and help here out with her new legal business. So that means trying to find contract to work at home, or in her office.

Need some links to freelancer websites so I can work from home.

sigh.

[Sockpuppet]

Well the wife has put her foot down.

Its time to get rid of her.

[dd1978]

wtf!

are you a man or a mouse???!!!

[DimPrawn]

Well the wife has put her foot down. I'm to curtail my commuting and help here out with her new legal business. So that means trying to find contract to work at home, or in her office.

Need some links to freelancer websites so I can work from home.

sigh.

You pussy!

[sli_gryn]

ouch! try http://www.elance.com or google

beware: you'll be competing against 'offshore' resources for the same projects. not unusual to see your 1k project undercut and awarded to someone who'll do it for 100.

p.s. you may want to convince the missus that you can do her co. better by being gainfully employed rahter than competing w/ ppl who have much cheaper o/heads

[Euro-commuter]

ouch! try http://www.elance.com or google

beware: you'll be competing against 'offshore' resources for the same projects. not unusual to see your 1k project undercut and awarded to someone who'll do it for 100.

p.s. you may want to convince the missus that you can do her co. better by being gainfully employed rahter than competing w/ ppl who have much cheaper o/heads

Does she understand that it might cut your income by 90%? Most people don't grasp the range of income that is possible for a contractor.

[TheFaQQer]

Well the wife has put her foot down. I'm to curtail my commuting and help here out with her new legal business. So that means trying to find contract to work at home, or in her office.

Need some links to freelancer websites so I can work from home.

sigh.

Don't commute then - go away on a Monday and come back on a Friday. Doesn't count as commuting to me!

Argue your case, based on simple pedantry. She'll be glad to see you off on a Monday, if you work at it hard enough.

[chicane]

Well the wife has put her foot down. I'm to curtail my commuting and help here out with her new legal business. So that means trying to find contract to work at home, or in her office.

Good luck.

I spent a couple of years operating as a 'real' business, sourcing my own clients (ie not via agencies) and working from home. That's the problem with agency contracting - that 90% of the contracts out there just seem to want bums on seats and working from home is out of the question.

I'm not sure of the specific field in which you operate, but I've found since starting onsite contracting that it's generally better money for less effort.

[DaveB]

Well the wife has put her foot down. I'm to curtail my commuting and help here out with her new legal business. So that means trying to find contract to work at home, or in her office.

Need some links to freelancer websites so I can work from home.

sigh.

What sort of help does she want? Unless you are as knowledgeable of the legal busniness you are likely to end up as her office junior with no time to do productive work of your own. Having a solid income stream is essential when starting a new business and if you end up passing up well payed contracts you income will take a hammering.

[Euro-commuter]

What sort of help does she want? Unless you are as knowledgeable of the legal busniness you are likely to end up as her office junior with no time to do productive work of your own. Having a solid income stream is essential when starting a new business and if you end up passing up well payed contracts you income will take a hammering.

Well, that's a good point too: an ignorant (sorry) inexperienced junior for free might be useable; the same at the cost of lost IT contractor income might be very expensive.

Take the well-paid contracts, then put money in to the business or the household as needed.

If she hasn't worked that out, is her financial plan sound?