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Advantages: Freedom to work as and when I feel able
Disadvantages: Loss of interaction with office colleagues

...I have been used to working in an office for 30 years and suddenly there I was on my own all day at home. I don’t have a problem with being alone and rarely get bored but I did begin to miss the interaction with other people. I have now found this at Ciao and Dooyoo together with a bit of extra cash. I have so far earned £150 in cash and £50 worth of High Street vouchers from Dooyoo and £186 from Ciao. I also do other work on the Internet. ... Read review

Advantages: flexible, family friendly and on the increase
Disadvantages: need to think it all through carefully first

...at the actual situation of working from your home, as opposed to some other place. I started working from home nearly a year ago, after the birth of my daughter made me rethink my priorities. Not working wasn’t an option, and if I had returned to my then employer I would have had to put a 6 month old in a creche for about 9 hours a day, a prospect that I found unthinkable. I felt that I was incredibly lucky to find a job that enabled me to ... Read review

Advantages: I can take my children to work with me
Disadvantages: NONE

...and there was a working from home forum... On here I found lots of helpful advice,about scams (envelope stuffing etc etc ) and then I came across childrens books. This is something I considered doing after my first child was born,so I decided to look into it.. USBORNE are a legit company who are registered with the DSA (Direct selling association),there website www.usbornebooksathome.co.uk is a professional website with all the credentials ... Read review

Advantages: The traditional workplace is shrinking fast!
Disadvantages: You have to place large bets to make good profits

Sports Arbitrage Hi. The internet. It’s transformed our lives, right? Whereas we all used to troll off semi-comatose to squash ourselves onto the tube, train or bus, commuting to what seemed like a life sentence of tedious office routine, now we can all make money from home using the internet. It’s a revolution. We can be home to pick up after our kids, to wipe their noses and switch on Tracey Beaker – office politics, crushes and Christmas parties ... Read review

Advantages: Flexible Hours, Comfortable Working Environment
Disadvantages: Needs a lot of self discipline

...at the end of the working day. I have seen too many dismally disappointing weekends to want to miss out on the good times mid-week. But how in this day and age is such a lifestyle achievable? There is of course no easy answer (unless you still follow the lifestyle of the hippies of the sixties) - in this life it seems we only get out of it what we are prepared to put in. Some years ago I spent a lot of time researching ways of earning money ... Read review

Advantages: Always good to work from home
Disadvantages: Beware of internet scams

...were selling the idea of working from home, making money stuffing envelopes and sending them out, and they will pay you for every mail that you sent out. But first, you'll have to pay for a one time admin fee of $34.95 where they'll send you all the necessary things to get started. I fell for it because it sounded reliable and that they offered a refund if i'm not satisfied with the results or if i'm not making money at all. I went ahead and paid ... Read review

Advantages: None experienced yet
Disadvantages: Only conmen win on this one

...that do offer honest home working opportunities. I am yet to find one and I think it best to save my money as I can't see myself getting rich any day yet. The only money I have made so far is from Ciao, so it's not all bad. But steer clear from the get rich quick scams. They don't work. ... Read review

Advantages: At the moment, none
Disadvantages: You get ripped off

...before I can even start working for them. So thats what I did, I sent one company the money they were asking for, I received a letter confirming receipt of the money and that I would here from them in the very near furure. But did I? No, I have heard nothing. I tried contacted the company and I heard nothing from them. I am unable to name the companies as I am unable to remember them, but I have tried a few. The companies that are from far away ... Read review

Advantages: Choose Your Own Hours
Disadvantages: No Guranteed Regular Income

Hi there, I thought I would share my experiences of homeworking with you. First off, heres one that almost anyone over the age of 16 can do, and that is become an Avon Rep, I have been one for 4 years now and really enjoy it. You will find info on becoming a rep at www.avon.uk.com. You don't have to go round doors with brochures, although obviously if you do you will increase your sales! Commission of 20% is paid on orders over £45, (although that ... Read review

Advantages: immediate income, simple to follow, free training nationwide, 80 yr old UK Company
Disadvantages: It rains, Hard work but simple hard work.

My partner and I have been an independent kleeneze distributors now for 12 months. And we easily pay our mortgage each month with the money we make building our kleeneze business. Kleeneze is growing from strength to strength year on year. Launching in Holland last year and soon europe. Imagine that, a kleeneze catalgoue in germany! WOW. On the surface it can look a bit of a scam at first, but i trusted the people I had met and asked loads ... Read review

Advantages: Great get up when you like
Disadvantages: Nobody to talk to.

...she does more work while working from home than she ever would in an office because once you leave the office you leave your work behind but when the computer is just there and you have stuff that needs doing you feel that you should. The amount of nights that we have sat there with piles of papers organizing and sorting into info and delegate packs is rather scary still good excuse to open a few bottles of wine I suppose. Working from home ... Read review

Advantages: Work when and where I want
Disadvantages: There are few, maybe motivation. Oh and porn

...to do once they start working from home with no real interaction) I go for a stroll to the shops for my morning paper. At about 9AM I start work (which I will go into shortly) and usually finish at about 11AM for lunch. After lunch I go out and enjoy the afternoon sun (though we don't get a lot in Manchester) maybe go shopping or sit in a pub garden. I will usually return home about 6PM and start work again, working right through until 11ish. I can ... Read review