work from home websites that aren't scams

I have no idea, but if you find something good, let me know.

Any "work from home" deal that you have to pay money to get started on is a scam.

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You need to check out ClarkHoward.com. He does a radio show that is about consumer advocate program.

I remember him talking about this once. He said that most of the sites are scams and it is hard to find a real one. However if any exist you should be able to find them by posting in the message board on his site.

Actually I can't remember which one but one of the major Airlines does hire Americans to telecommute to save money on having an office but still having Americans answering the phones. I think it might be Jet Blue.

Edit: I was right, it is Jet Blue.

Really? What do they do? Can you ask them how they got their jobs?

Bean and I worked from home once upon a time, but that's because we did established tech work that no longer required an office.

fuck, i love Jet Blue so much. Plus everyone that answers phones for them have always been soooooo nice to me.

i dunno, i have an office job and none of those things apply to me (besides the driving, though i could take public transport if i wanted to.) it is possible.

I work from home, but like bean and Shalome it's a specialized technical profession. Working from home is very much a "grass is always greener" kind of thing, it might look appealing but there are pros and cons just like anything.

From 2001-2003 I worked from home, but freelancing, which means I spent just as much time looking for work as I did actually doing work. It's not fun when you don't know when or where your next paycheck is coming from, and the economy wasn't doing too hot back then either.

I eventually purposely seeked out a full-time desk job from one of my clients, which I worked at for four years, because it allowed me to concentrate on work and was more of a routine.

You also don't socialize as much when you work from home. I'm not at all a social person, but spending large amounts of time in one place, often days at a time can make you develop a certain amount of cabin fever. Just think about how many people you know and hang out with that you met at work, and realize that you won't have the same thing if you work from home. You'll be by yourself all day everyday.

With my current job, even though I work for one company and have many of the amenities of a regular desk job, I still wish I could occasinally go to an office. It's nice to be able to sit somewhere and truly fully focus on work without any distractions. It's hard to do that when you're at home.

I think maybe what you should be looking for is a job you do enjoy doing. I've never had a job I didn't enjoy, and any time a job no longer becomes something I want to be doing I know it's time to move on.

Happiness isn't staying at home, it's spending your time doing something you want to be doing.

SG.

Well I can't think of any telecommuting jobs off hand that wouldn't be the same kind of work - I mean there's not much available aside from web/internet related stuff.

Obviously there are pros to working from home, but I wanted to make sure she knew about the cons. Working from home doesn't automatically manifest happiness. A shitty job is a shitty job, whether it means spending time at a desk or licking envelopes from home. I still say find something you enjoy doing, regardless of where you have to do it.

There are medical transcription jobs you can do from home. In fact, the hospital my mother transcribes has all of their medical transcriptionists work from home. It gives them more room for patient files. However, you WILL need to get some schooling to do this job.

If school isn't a problem, there are tons of things you can do. Medical Transcription has been mentioned, but copy editing and proofreading are two other jobs that are mostly (but increasingly less-so) done by people working from home. The tough thing about a lot of "work from home" jobs is that YOU are the one who has to provide all the motivation, YOU have to go out and find the work. In other words, there's no posting that's out there saying "Oh, please work at home for us!"

also: Drugs are popular. You could sell them and shit.