Working from home

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew of any legit places that hire people to work remotely. Working on site just doesn’t suit anymore. I checked Amazon and Apple and they seem to have nothing (unless I’m missing something). I tried freelance websites for months, but they’re near impossible to get jobs through if you’re just starting up.

I have a bachelor and a masters, but I don’t mind doing customer service work. I can also do translation (3 languages), graphic design, transcribing, date entry and analysis and much more. I’m open to suggestions as I just need to be based at home.

Thank you.

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew of any legit places that hire people to work remotely. Working on site just doesn’t suit anymore. I checked Amazon and Apple and they seem to have nothing (unless I’m missing something). I tried freelance websites for months, but they’re near impossible to get jobs through if you’re just starting up.

I have a bachelor and a masters, but I don’t mind doing customer service work. I can also do translation (3 languages), graphic design, transcribing, date entry and analysis and much more. I’m open to suggestions as I just need to be based at home.

Thank you.

Would you be willing to work away from home some of the time, say 1 or 2 days a week?

I'd say being able to accommodate this might open more opportunities than exclusively being based at home.

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Thanks for replying.

Yes, I’d be open to it, but it depends on travel distance and hours. My main issue is childcare, but before anyone suggests it, no, it will not interfere with my work at home. My eldest is 10 and youngest is 6 and if I need several hours to get things done, it’s never an issue.

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Would you be willing to work away from home some of the time, say 1 or 2 days a week?

I'd say being able to accommodate this might open more opportunities than exclusively being based at home.

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I'd say engage with some recruitment companies who specialise in the industry in which you are looking for work and tell them your requirements.
Be warned, they are likely to put you forward for roles telling you they think working from home is an option and let you find out in interview or afterwards that it is not, but, you will get to see how they react and what the market for your skill set is like. If they mention a company having an open role, you could make other enquiries to find out if working from home is an option within that company or if the agent is feeding you a line.

Also, your children are school going age, outside of holiday time, would flexi-time help you? Say you were starting at 10:00 each day rather than 08:30 or 09:00?

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Also, your children are school going age, outside of holiday time, would flexi-time help you? Say you were starting at 10:00 each day rather than 08:30 or 09:00?

Thanks again. It would actually suit me, it’s just that I live a bit in the middle of nowhere and there’s nothing like that within reasonable driving distance that will allow me to be back on time to pick them up.

OMM 0000

I think if you want to go down the working from home route, you need to improve your skills.

Currently you will be competing with people from second and third world counties. I'm guessing you are not willing to work for the kind of money they ask for.

Would it make more sense for you to make a business which you run out of your home? Maybe you could be a consultant?

myshirt

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Thanks again. It would actually suit me, it’s just that I live a bit in the middle of nowhere and there’s nothing like that within reasonable driving distance that will allow me to be back on time to pick them up.

You can't have it all. A cheap house in the middle no where and also a work from home job. Move closer to job opportunities. Everyone else in the country has the same issues as you. Commutes. Childcare.

Working from home is a hot topic at the moment, but clustering is the future (i.e living close to where you work / living close to good transport). Working from home was only ever designed to take the sting off the 40+ hour weeks and allow that adhoc flexibility here and there. You are not supposed to work from home each and every day. You'll be disconnected from the team. My advice to you is move closer to job opportunities and change the attitude. You can't live in the middle of no where, have a work from home job, no childcare challenges, and all the bells and whistles with it. It's Dreamland for your skillset. The setting up your own business is even a bit shaky. Get real and move.

OMM 0000

OMM 0000 wrote: »

I think if you want to go down the working from home route, you need to improve your skills.

Currently you will be competing with people from second and third world counties. I'm guessing you are not willing to work for the kind of money they ask for.

Would it make more sense for you to make a business which you run out of your home? Maybe you could be a consultant?

Thank you. I have been thinking about that too, but at the moment, due to circumstances, it’s less of an option.

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myshirt wrote: »

You can't have it all. A cheap house in the middle no where and also a work from home job. Move closer to job opportunities. Everyone else in the country has the same issues as you. Commutes. Childcare.

Working from home is a hot topic at the moment, but clustering is the future (i.e living close to where you work / living close to good transport). Working from home was only ever designed to take the sting off the 40+ hour weeks and allow that adhoc flexibility here and there. You are not supposed to work from home each and every day. You'll be disconnected from the team. My advice to you is move closer to job opportunities and change the attitude. You can't live in the middle of no where, have a work from home job, no childcare challenges, and all the bells and whistles with it. It's Dreamland for your skillset. The setting up your own business is even a bit shaky. Get real and move.

I think the OP is proactively trying to find a workable solution to their problem. Working from home is and can be an option and they have said that they would countenance a day or two a week on site.
Suggesting they need to get real and move is dramatic given what they have said so far.

If we all did things as draconian (taking children out of school/community) just because first glance suggested it mightn't be easy then we'd never stay anywhere.

Wherever the OP lives, it is obvious they are not alone given there is a school there. I think it is admirable to try to find ways to keep people in rural Ireland (as I imagine is going on here), rather than running off to a city and abandoning the place.

Good luck with the hunt OP.

fergald

mpif: Loads of IT companies are now offering staff two days from home and are very flexible around families. They have to be as their is such a shortage of skilled staff at the moment. Companies like Microsoft, SAP Oracle etc, I have even seen then allow 3 days from home. The problem is usually you have too be working in these companies at least 6 months and built up a rep that you are not going to take the biscuit.

Tow

eBay Ireland often offer home working jobs. But you need to so several weeks of training on site and also have high speed internet connection.

motley

Shopify and Wayfair hire a lot of remote workers for their customer support teams.

Also check out growremote.ie which is a community based around the remote worker concept for Ireland.

beauf

myshirt wrote: »

You can't have it all. A cheap house in the middle no where and also a work from home job. Move closer to job opportunities. Everyone else in the country has the same issues as you. Commutes. Childcare.

Working from home is a hot topic at the moment, but clustering is the future (i.e living close to where you work / living close to good transport). Working from home was only ever designed to take the sting off the 40+ hour weeks and allow that adhoc flexibility here and there. You are not supposed to work from home each and every day. You'll be disconnected from the team. My advice to you is move closer to job opportunities and change the attitude. You can't live in the middle of no where, have a work from home job, no childcare challenges, and all the bells and whistles with it. It's Dreamland for your skillset. The setting up your own business is even a bit shaky. Get real and move.

I don't agree with most of that. I know a lot of people who work from home. I've done it myself intermittently over the years. Most of the work I do can be done remotely.

I think the long commute become unviable for a lot of people. Yes we all do it. But it only takes a small change in other parts of your life make it not viable.

There is resistance to change to remote working. People don't know how to manage it. Also the idea that just because you see someone at a desk they are working and productive is fundamentally flawed. Most places who think like this do not measure productivity or metrics.

beauf

You can also consider micro incomes. Where you have multiple part-time jobs or income from a small home business. If the objective is a modest income. Not easy but it can be done.

Lionbridge also have remote workers.

ImARebel

ebay definitley do it, I know someone doing it full time. You must have decent broadband though

B-D-P--

SAP offer 2 days a week from home, Stipulation is your NOT minding kinds. Age doesnt matter.

eusap

I work from home 5 days per week in the middle of nowhere, once you have high speed broadband there are options but a lot depends on skills.

Best option is to search linkedin but you will have to be realistic with salary etc.... I did hear a US Tech company on the news recently who will recruit 200+ home workers in Ireland but cant think of there name.

You will need to sell your skills to a company and the benefits it brings them!

I have on occasion worked from a co-working space in kerry, plenty of people there from Amazon/Apple but also HR Recruitment companies working remotely.

Dawido

I work for a large multi-national IT company. what I did to achieve working from home capability was try to work very hard for the first year, then I've resigned and cited commute time as the main factor of the decision. I then was able to negotiate working 4 days from home per week!

venomousfrog

I've worked for the Ebay work from home team, 6 weeks training involved, the working hours weren't great, very little work life balance....spent 7 months doing it and packed it in. It's not for everyone.

runawaybishop

Abadoo are an Irish recruitment company for remote workers

https://www.abodoo.com/

OMM 0000

OK. Out of the box suggestion.

Every company on job websites looking for people with your skills, apply with a good cover letter and good CV. Then when they invite you for interview ask if they are open to people working from home.

eoinob50

Dawido wrote: »

I work for a large multi-national IT company. what I did to achieve working from home capability was try to work very hard for the first year, then I've resigned and cited commute time as the main factor of the decision. I then was able to negotiate working 4 days from home per week!

This is a good idea.

I've worked for a few MNC and they are not inclined to hire 'home workers' off the bat for a number of reasons, i.e. you could be a lazy git taking the piss etc. Not saying that you are but the don't know that or haven't seen you perform. Especially with kids, a few lads i know WFH still have child minders.

Mrs OBumble

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I’m open to suggestions as I just need to be based at home.

Thank you.

Childminding.

ImARebel

Dawido wrote: »

I work for a large multi-national IT company. what I did to achieve working from home capability was try to work very hard for the first year, then I've resigned and cited commute time as the main factor of the decision. I then was able to negotiate working 4 days from home per week!

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I did pretty much the same worked my a$$ off, proved myself and now do 2 days a week from home, I probably could stretch it to 3 but I like the current balance. I've been doing it 5 years now. I'd see any job that didn't allow it after a probationary period as very backward

I couldn't live without it

I also WFH yet kids go to a minder. It's not feasiblie to work with them around, it's not fair on them and it's stressful on you if the phone rings etc and you've to take a call.

It's my way of life now I'd be lost without it