Working at Home!

Presently, half the world’s population is women who sadly account for over 70% of people living under the poverty line. With such grave statistics, it is then understandable why it is integral for women to be empowered not only politically and socially but also economically and financially. Working at home has proven to be the silver bullet in responding and resolving most of the issues faced by majority of women worldwide including tight schedules and juggling various responsibilities of being a parent, wife, employee, friend, daughter and sister among others. 

So, what are the benefits you will obtain when you decide to work home today?

Unique Benefits of Working from Home

1)     Save on Commuting Costs

With the increasing cases of traffic congestion and long traffic jams around cities and towns, getting to work on time seems to elude most women who have to attend other early morning chores such as taking children to school, cleaning up and preparing breakfast for their families etc.,

• Generally, you waste thousands of dollars each year from not only the 2-3 hours commute time you spend held up in traffic jams, which you could be using being productive to yourself and the society elsewhere, but also additional fuel costs that you need to bear as a result.
• For women who cannot afford to use private means to go to work, they have to allocate substantial amount of money from their daily and weekly wages or monthly salaries to cater for their commuting costs.

Contrary to working at office, working at home provides a badly needed respite to a woman’s budget. 

• When working at home, you not only have sufficient time to carry-out other home-based duties but also you have ample time on your lap to work and rest.
• The 2-3 hours commute time and thousands of dollars you could have wasted going to an office is spent being more productive in the confines and comfort of your home.

In a year, a mother commuting from Guildford to an office in London has to cough approximately £ 13,320, accounting for daily travel card costs of £37. The figure is quite substantial, which a mother working at home does not have to incur. Instead, such an amount can be used to settle outstanding utility bills, buy groceries and even afford you two or three trips to the salon or mall.

2)     Incorporating Work, Family and Learning

As a woman especially a mother, you know that odd feeling when you are miles away from your home in an office somewhere when you imagine the worst is happening to your children under the care of a nanny or baby sitter. The uncertainty about whether you closed the garage door or not, if you switched off the gas supply or if you turned off the water taps. The thoughts and doubts gnaw you until you cannot take it anymore and you have no choice but to hop into the next train back home just to confirm. Well, these are moments you do not have to worry about when working at home.

• Other than the fact that you are at home to attend to all your house chores such as cleaning and doing laundry, you get ample time with your family, whom you can interact with any hour of the day. In fact, you only need to halt your online work for a few hours and comfortably go to lunch with your girlfriends, pick your children from school and even manage a dinner date with your spouse.
•  Another aspect that will prove useful when you decide to work home today is that you can actually increase your academic and professional skills and abilities. Few office jobs allow women to effectively and productively incorporate work and learning. There are hundreds of online classes that you can take and advance your studies while working at home.
• Forget asking for unpaid learning leaves and rushing off to part-time classes at night, working at home affords you the time and place to work and learn online simultaneously and effortlessly.

Some of the activities you can work on and become financially stable to afford your monthly expenses while paying for your online learning includes

• Participating in paid surveys
• Writing online articles
• Blogging
• Doing academic research etc.,

In a day, a mother working at home as an academic research writer can generate upwards of $250, which amounts to $90,000 each year. With such a figure, who need to hit the road looking for a job?

Working at home is proving to be a god-sent gift to women, providing them with the time and money they need to meet their personal and family needs.