More Workers Staying At Home
Yvonne Jacobson’s makeshift office is her kitchen table. She had company last week at her Broken Arrow home, so the back bedroom she typically uses to make the baby-shower gifts for her home business was occupied.
And writer-video producer Jeff Kauffman’s office is just down the hall from his kids. Or, occasionally, it’s an airport, as when he flies from Tulsa to his company’s headquarters in Colorado.
For both Tulsa-area residents, working from home is not just a luxury. It’s an atmosphere they prefer.
In 2007, 20 percent of employed Americans did some or all of their work at home, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in a survey about Americans’ time use.
Thanks to technology and convenience, working from home is becoming less of a trend and more a way of life, said Lesley Pyle, who operates the Web networking site, Home Based Working Moms, from her home in Houston. She created the site in 1995, after she had a baby and wanted to continue her marketing and public relations career.
Photo by Home Based Working Moms.
cassy on February 6th, 2009 3:30 am
its true more are getting into a homebase business,coz they are just working athome and also she can serve her family while having a home base work, for me its really a great idea coz you have time and bonding with your family that is the most important thing other than business!
Jaclyn on February 6th, 2009 10:20 am
I agree…more and more people are either taking their work home with them or are completely switching over to working at home. it’s easier, less stress in most cases, no gas for driving to work, you work your own hour’s as needed, and actually prove’s to make you more money at the end of the year. working out of your home has many many perk’s in the tax system at the end of the year and you usually get a larger return or pay less than you normally would working outside of the home.
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