If you work from home, what is your primary reason for doing so?

The main reason I work at home is I have a debilitating eye disease that prevents me from driving. I am not close enough to public transportation to take advantage of it and work in an office anymore. I have been working at home for more than 15 years but only about 2 of those years have been as a freelancer. I was laid off from my last work at home job which was in the financial industry.

I want to save my future

I really have a bunch of reasons why I like/want to work from home.

• Flexibility
• Work 24/7 if you want or need the money
• No need to spent all your hard earn money on Gas for your car
• No business clothing to buy or special lunches
• A lot better job security, so many people are losing their jobs these days which is very scary to me. Internet work pretty much is endless and will not abruptly stop.
• I'm originally from The Netherlands but live in the USA, if something should happen at home I do not have to compromise or beg for a couple of weeks off to go home. I can take my work with me all over the world without the risk of losing work.
• My boyfriend is very sick and needs assistance at home
• I like to work for myself and decide what/when/where and for whom I work
• You don't have to watch the clock for a work day to end and hurry up an assignment before company closing. Work can be done any hour of the day so will result in better results and no sloppy quick finish.
• No people that bug you all day long or gossips you have to listen to.  No issues or frustration with colleagues that do not do their job as they supposed to.
• No boss looking over your shoulder
• The freedom to reject and accept any job you want

I can go on and on really.  LOL.

I was commuting nearly two hours a day, so I almost welcomed being laid off.  The gas expenses were eating up a huge chunk of my salary.  While job hunting, it turned out most of the jobs in my area are at least as far away as my old job, so I thought I'd try working from home to keep commuting expenses from taking back whatever money I was making.

because I am a full time student and putting in long hours a location job is less flexible for my busy schedule.

Because I can sit in my fuzzy pink bunny slippers and matching bathrobe, watch the quail walk past my window, and still be at work?

If I ever get a job here
 

Hey, my name is Habib,live in Bangladesh. I'm a senior garment merchandiser for the last 6 yrs.Yet i'd like to work from home thru online to earn som eextra money. IF suddenly i've to quit my reg job,this addl income can help me a lot..also i like to share my feelings,opinions with people & thru online thats fantastic..I m really greatfull to some online freinds helps to change my vision,wants..

In my city, the least you travel for a daily job is 2 hours each way. That's 4 hours more I can work if I work at home.

 Yo can do the math.

i am a borderline agorophic. i am struggling to find steady work from home, but i dont know how to get noticed. this is all new for me. any helpful ideas would be greatly appericeated.

I am working from home because I becamse disabled in 1997 and can no longer work outside the home.

i work from home for me to have an additional income.....

I want to work from home as we are a military family and we re-locate every 2 to 3 years. This gives me the opportunity to work and keep a job from whatever location we are living in. Plus the flexibility is great due to my husbands travel.

Mine is a combo of not wanting to commute, getting paid more, flexibility, and stay-at-home parent.

Susanne Bullo
sbullo@odesk.com

I go to college and have other things that i do, so to have a job outside of the house makes things more difficult.

 I am physically challenged, ( having 3 disc removed from my cervical spine) and it is better and far more convenient to work from home.

My reasons are simple

I'm a single mother/full time law student.  My schedule is absolutely hectic to the very essence of the word. I NEED to work from home. I have a ton of experience in a regular office setting and figured I could apply my skills in this kind of environment and be a success. I just need my first job to get things started.

1. Adequate management of personal time.
2. Adequate compensation for the attention paid, as well as the time spent.
3. Adequate application of inborn abilities and present skills.
4. Higher possibility to work in really fundamental project.

I got a disease some time ago which caused my legs to stop working. I am working online to make myself stable.

Regards,

Mujtaba Panjwani

I am borderline agoraphobic, I have degenerative joint disease, and Fibromyalgia, I became disabled in 2004.  Prior to being disabled I have over 12 years experience as an executive assistant/personal assistant/administrative assistant/human resources assistant, I believe that I would be an asset to any ones team.  I have been seeking work at home jobs since April of 2008 as anyone that is disabled knows the money is not great.  Take care and God bless 

My wife & I are both dis-abled.She cant find a job. she was born with C.P & we have a 15year old son. I myself have been working for  Pitney-Bowes for 18+years & am only making $ 12.64 per hour.We need help,& hopefully,your CO. can provide it. Yours Sincerely Paul & Joyce  Wright.

I  am getting tired or working and being pushed around to meet deadlines and company metrics. I am overworked but underpaid corporate slave! I would like to enjoy the freedom of doing things at my own pace and be well compensated for a job nicely done.

I am thrilled to start working online at the comfort of my home. My kids will be delighted to see me around the house everyday now!

Because of disability I am not able to work full-time. For this reason I have been working from home since I was 16.

I don't want to commute... I want to make some additional income... I like the flexibility... So, I thought I would sign up & see where things go from there.

...from online freelancing, but during my serendipitous journey here online, I found out that can actually earn more being a freelancer than working in my country as a programmer

 Who knew? So today, this is my main stream and offline works are my back-up jobs.

More Power!