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Ask Slashdot: How Do You Find Jobs That Offer Working From Home?

Posted by samzenpus on from the pajama-day dept.

jez9999 writes: I'm a software developer in the UK, and I've found that it's very rare (maybe 5% of the time) to find an employer that will even consider any working from home, let alone for the majority of the time. I see it as a win-win; you're able to work in the home environment you are most productive in, and you can use the time you would've been commuting to work a bit longer for the employer. Not only that, but you're not adding to road congestion either. Skype, etc. make communication with coworkers a snap these days. So how do you go about finding homeworking jobs? Is it better to demand it from the get-go, or wait a few months and then ask for it? Is it more common than 5% of jobs in the US (in which case I guess it's a cultural thing the UK needs to catch up with)?

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  1. In short? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You don't. Get your lazy ass out of home, you bum.

  2. On lamp posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm always driving past flyers on street sign posts offering jobs earning £5000 a week from home!
    However I'm happy earning tuppence in an office away from the kids, so haven't ever given them a try...

    1. Re:On lamp posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, you're doing it wrong. Your kids could each be earning £5000 a week while you are out at "the office".

  3. Re:Generally? You don't. by TheRealQuestor · · Score: 1, Funny

    the esp8266 will blow your freakin' tits apart.

    I love these little modules. I have some 01s, 03's, and 11's and they are a blast to play with hooked up to my teensy 3.1's
    A real blast until you forget the 3.3v issue and they really smell bad @ 5v.