No One's Decision But Yours! (Working Mums vs. Stay at Home Mums)

Advantages: Wider horizons for mum and financial independence in working.
Disadvantages: Women can feel trapped at home.

...Staying at home or going to work as mums-this is probably one of the most difficult decisions many of us have to make, and there are no right answers. I want to talk about this from the perspective of a mum who has brought up two sons and two daughters, the youngest of whom is now 17. In the 1950's this was never really the massive issue it has become today. Women in many cases just expected to be at home raising children, and of course caring for the home. The choices for child care were limited, and for many it was a dream to become a mum and a housewife. I remember vividly being a bridesmaid for my cousin when he married in the early 70s. His wife was thrilled by the thought of a future caring for a home and a family, she had been buying groceries weekly and storing them under her bed. I'll never forget her excitement when she pulled...

Violet1278 14.09.2009 · Read review
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Working from Home

Advantages: Flexible hours, no commuting on trains and buses, work around family commitments.
Disadvantages: Self discipline requiried, spend a lot of time on your own, no guarantee of regualar income.

...I started working from home a few years ago so I've trawled through the websites looking for home working opportunities. I never gave a second thought to companies that asked for a registration fee or money upfront to offer me work. Instead I went for well known, established firms. I've been working as a mystery shopper for the last six years and enjoy it so much that I don't think I'd ever give it up! I must admit that unless you join lots of agencies you won't get a decent income from this type of work but you will get some extra cash and lots of free items, food and drink. Jobs offered are on a wide scale and include fast food outlets, electrical high street shops, mobile phone shops, retail outlets, pubs and bars, fitness centres, cinemas, hotels and more. I have enjoyed complimentary CD's, software, small electrical items...

scorpkel 30.10.2006 (31.10.2006) · Read review
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Do your homework before you work at home

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

...This isn’t an opinion about different ways you can make lots of money, but instead intends to look 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 work full time from my own home. I had to sell the idea to my new employer, which meant thinking through a lot of the practicalities well in advance. I am developing a new business for my employer which is a great incentive to me to succeed, but in some ways meant that my boss could...

Cazz 03.05.2001 · Read review
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WORK FROM HOME REVIEW MUSIC £ JOBS

Advantages: EASY TO USE, MAKE MONEY
Disadvantages: A LOT OF TIME NEEDS TO BE SPENT TO EARN BIG BUCKS

...I have tried many working from home ideas rangeing from taking part in surveys to selling products. There are so many ways you can make an extra penny or two but the reality is, thats all you make. There are no quick fire ways of becoming a millionaire but there are a few ways you can earn a couple of hundred quid in a month. The best way I found is not to focus on one working from home job but to do as many as you can, this does take up a lot of your time however. One of the best and most enjoyable way is to review new music, The site www.slicethepie.com allows you to listen to 60secs of a song then write a review and get paid, you need to review 50songs before you start earning 3p a song then around 150songs til your earning 7-10p a song. You can also invest in new artists and if they become famous you will receive a % of their...

cavefender 05.02.2009 · Read review
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A caring state?

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...This review is on one of the most rewarding, yet most undervalued job that there can ever be. And I've done some! First off, lets' take a look at the disadvantages. The work is not at all valued, which is shown in the number of hours that people work alonsgide the low rate of pay that is offered. Many care homes regardless of whether they are privately owned or are a part of a bigger company, will generally pay the national minimum wage or just slightly higher for health care assistants - a pittance for what they do, which I don't like one bit. However, council run establishments may pay more because after all what else can they do with our money. As noted, another downfall is that of having to do shift work. Starting times vary anything from around 7 in the morning, and finishing times normally at around 10 at night for day...

dynamicnurse 24.01.2008 · Read review
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How To Make Money Working From Home On The Net

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 are a thing of the past. Right? Well, I?ve been trawling the net for bona-fide home-working opportunities for, let?s say? too long. Three thousand years, maybe. It?s hard to work out which schemes are genuine so I thought it might be kind of useful to start sharing some thoughts about these schemes. First, what is 'sports arbitrage'? It?s a fancy word for betting. Its derivation is...

Mischief 16.04.2004 (21.04.2004) · Read review
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I care more than you will ever know.

Advantages: Sharing a wealth of emotions.
Disadvantages: Having to eventually retire

...Whilst shopping today I had a sudden urge to write my next review and struggled to think of what the subject matter would be.... A tub of Jelly Beans maybe as I had munched through almost the whole tub whilst browsing in Boots the chemist.... Nah !! I am only good at one thing ~~~ my job. So here we go me dears ' The life of a care/ support worker part 2 ' THE BEGINNING. ~~~ You will all be aware of the fact that I work in my local town in a small privately owned care home for disabled adults.I help to look after 4 females and 4 males whose ages range from 35 to 60 years old. My eight spoonfulls of tonic and believe me, they are just that. From the moment I step foot in the home at 7.45 each morning they keep me entertained, busy, challenged,happy, sad,surprised... in fact the list of feelings/ experiences that they produce never...

headcase44 18.09.2008 · Read review
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Training and registration- cahnges in care work.

Advantages: job satisfaction, training, meet very interesting poeple
Disadvantages: hard work, not for the faint hearted, low pay, the job can be 'public whipping boy'

...training for your job to be able to register. In my county in Wales , where I work, all care workers will eventually have to be registered with Care Standards. Currently our county has the highest amount of employees trained to do thier job. The raining needed for the various jobs are- Care worker- home care, project worker, sessional worker- require NVQ Level 2 health and socail care. Instructor , home leader, senior care, care supervisor- require NVQ Level 3 Health and social care Managers- NVQ Level 4 Health and social care or NVQ Management Level 4 Homes which are registered withthe care council will need a NVQ 4 Registered home manager qualification. As my qualification is social work I have had to be registered since 2003- I had to re-register this year as re-registration is every three years. I pay to register. I am...

KarenSioned 15.01.2007 · Read review
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Work from Home and get Ripped off

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

...I am a married woman due to have a baby in the next few weeks, I have given up a job as a soldier to become a full time mum. I have tried everything to try and find a home based job, but I have had no luck at all. Most of the companies I have written to or contacted by phone are saying that I have to pay them so much money 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 from the furthest location seem to be the worst...

Maria_932 12.03.2002 · Read review
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Home Sweet Home.

Advantages: Rewarding and worthwhile.
Disadvantages: Hard work and lot's of responsibility.

...After spending four and a half years working as a Care Assistant in a Residential EMI home, I feel qualified to give my opinion. I have often, after being asked what job I did, been met with, "I really don't know how you can do it" or "I admire you". Well, let's be thankful that there are care assistants as we may all need one at some time in our lives. *****What Does The Job Involve. The job can vary hugely depending on the place in which you are working and the needs of the clients there. The hours you work can also have an effect on the job that you will be required to do. In general you are offering assistance to clients where needed and helping them to remain as independent as possible. The word care can stretch a long way, it can mean so many things. Anyone in need of care and assistance could be your client, but...

kimp123 05.11.2005 · Read review
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