Working from home is normally seen as the preserve of housewives or workers that may be housebound through illness or disability but an increasing number of employees are choosing to work remotely for their complete working week or part of it. According to the Office of National Statistics in 2010 there were 1.3m home workers and 3.7m employees who sometimes work from home or use home as a base. Teleworking or e-working doing paid surveys is offered by a number of companies and Directgov offers an interactive tool which tells you if your employer has a legal duty to consider your request for flexible working.
The advantages of becoming a homeworker are numerous and are normally centred on creating a better work-life balance:
Work for companies in remote locations without relocating: Multinational companies have been outsourcing their work to other countries for decades and now employees can bid for roles outside of their geographical remit. Whether it's offering English lessons to students in Asia via Skype or writing articles for publications worldwide.
Banish the 9 to 5: Mothers who want to fit their working day around the school run or workers who have a other job commitments can negotiate one or more telecommuting roles into their own timetables, including substituting weekdays for weekends or working anti-social hours. In his best-selling book The Four Hour Work Week Timothy Ferris argues that this is all the time needed to generate a healthy income as you let passive income streams do all the hard work for you.
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