Is Work-At-Home Work A Real Job? Submitted By: Mark Walters In many
cases one person decided to leave their job and start a family business.
The rest of the family is feeling alienated. They are either forced
to ‘get on board.’ Or, they feel that the one family member is coping
out, quitting, and leaving the rest of the family to suffer.Many work
at home business owners lament that their spouses and children tell
them to stop playing on the computer, or ‘get a job.’
The perception that a work at home business is ‘not a real job’ has
nothing to do with the amount of revenue earned, or the hours worked.
I’ve consulted work at home business owners who made more ‘at home’
than they did before, but their families still asked when they were
‘going back to work.’In this situation the rest of the family may
decide that the stay at home person can take responsibility for the
house, household chores, and children – as they are not doing anything
else anyway.This problem must be addressed with finesse.
If handled
properly the problem can be overcome and quickly managed. One way
to overcome it is to deposit a set amount of money into the bank
account every week. This does not need to reflect the real income
of the business. If the family is happy to see $300 go into the
bank account each week, they don’t need to know that the business
made $5000 this month. The rest of the money can be reinvested into
the business.The chore problem can be harder to manage. One way
is to hire lawn care, housekeeping, and laundry service. In most
cases, the business owner can generate $30 a hour when they are
working, and pay a service $20 an hour.There is also the possibility
of renting a space in an office outsourcing company.
Many businesses are being established that lease a desk, or small
office, to small business owners for $100 a month. A small business
owner may not be earning more money as they leave the family each
morning, but they are ‘going to work’ so the stress is off.Another
problem arises when the home based business tries to conduct business
without an office. Children run in to tell the business owner what
happened to them at school, the spouse comes in asking about dinner,
someone yells for the business person to answer the phone. Very
little work is completed in this environment.Self esteem issues
can also come into play. No one think anything if a person invests
their life savings into a franchise, and take four years until their
business starts earning a profit. Click
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