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Times have changed, and technology has changed to give people the opportunity to work at home. People are fed up with the weekly routine of pressing that alarm clock at 7am, 6am or even earlier, dragging themselves out of bed. Trying to find a place to sit in the already over crowed public transport and wary not to be late having to explain to their boss why they were late. Many well-known businesses started work at home, often in the garage. Apple Computer and Hewlett Packard both started life in a garage at home.
There are many advantages of being able to work at home ...freedom, choice, flexibility (especially with childcare), the opportunity to do something you've always wanted to do, maybe no ceiling on income, etc. Some disadvantages too ... no sick leave, no sick pay, constant uncertainty etc.
Here are some of the benefits of working at home

Spend More Time With Your Family
With the ever increased pressure in today's work place. Parents are spending more time at work at less time with their family. This puts pressure on you, the employee and more pressure on the family unit. It is increasingly difficult to get the Work-Life balance correct. Working at home gives you the opportunity to get that balance correct so as it does not interfere with your family life.
Be The Boss
How many times have you complained about your boss behind their back. This is a common occurrence with many people in full time employment. At times you can clash with your boss, and no matter what you do, your boss is never pleased. No more having to meet up to other people's expectations and deadlines. You set the targets you want to achieve.
Get Rewarded For The Work You Do
When you work at home you determine the financial reward you receive in relation to the effort you put in. As an employee you make money for your employer. When you work for some else the money you make goes into someone else's pocket. You can change this when working at home.
Hours Are Flexible
The traditional 9-5 daily routine restricts what you would really like to do. Many employers stand quite firm over working hours and often if working hours are breached, can often end in disciplinary action. Working at home lifts this constraint and gives you the option of living the life you want to live, the way you want to live it.
Less Stress
25% of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives and 75% of employees believe the worker has more on-the-job stress than a generation ago. Working at home reduces the amount of stress that is normally associated with working for someone else. Stress can make you feel physically sick, that is why so many working days are lost to stress in today's environment.
Tax Benefits
Working at home turns your normal family home into an office. This means that you can deduct normal house expenses. You can also deduct travel and local transportation expenses. Other deductions include software, books, subscriptions, telephone services, insurance and retirement plans. You can even deduct against the depreciation of your home.
Save time on commuting
The average commuting time to work is approx. 30-45 min. At one point, I had a 90 min. commute. Multiply that by two to get back home at the end of the day, and you have spent close to 10% of your day just on transportation. Working from home makes you save all of this time. This can help you get a little bit more sleep in the morning and have more time for yourself in the evening for activities & leisure.
Save money on transportation
If you work from home, you may not even need a car altogether. This can save you $300-400 a month plus the costly gas, parking, and insurance expenses. Simply not taking the bus or subway will save you $50-100 per month in bus tickets or passes. Arguably the biggest money saving benefit from working at home is the transportation cost savings.
Less likely to get sick
When I would take public transit to work, I would get sick at least twice per year. That’s just transit. There is also the threat of getting sick at the office, where if one person has a virus, it’s almost impossible not to get it. I would lose about 7-10 days per year on sick days, something that I never encountered working from home. This also makes you save money on health costs since you are not in need of medication or doctor visits as frequently.
Expenses are deductible
This can work for both employees or self employed people. You can deduct your internet, phone, supplies, and even the square footage that you use in your home to work. For self employed, it’s a must, and for employees, you can always ask for your company to pay for your internet access, phone line, and supplies. This saves you the cost of having those items also as personal expenses since you already have it for business usage in your home.
Increased productivity
With all the time that you are saving from not having to commute to work, and not socializing half the day with co-workers, you end up getting a lot more done when you are working from home. As long as you remain motivated and driven, working from home is much more effective to deliver results.

The few online work from home companies are: Craigslist, Convergys, Dell, FlexJobs, Google, Genex, Jet Blue, Nationwide Insurance, Telecommuting USA and United Health Group.

You can check these along with the companies that you have found. Then you can check the legitimate work from home, part time work from home and other work from home opportunity offered.

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