Remote Jobs

[RizLCFC]

Apologies if there is a thread for this already.

 

I am looking to leave my current job in a couple of months time, to look after an ill family member, and I wondered if anyone knew of any remote jobs that I could do from home?

 

I’ve been on the usual websites, but most of the ads are zero hours, commission related jobs, which don’t even seem genuine.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated. 

[SpacedX]

15 minutes ago, RizLCFC said:

Apologies if there is a thread for this already.

 

I am looking to leave my current job in a couple of months time, to look after an ill family member, and I wondered if anyone knew of any remote jobs that I could do from home?

 

I’ve been on the usual websites, but most of the ads are zero hours, commission related jobs, which don’t even seem genuine.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated. 

What is your line/experience? Many organisations employ agile working post covid. 

[DennisNedry]

Do you need to be 100% remote?

 

I know a few who've taken jobs post-Covid further afield than they ever would have considered previously, with the understanding that they only have to go into the office once a week, or once a fortnight etc. 

 

Depends on the industry of course.

[Wymsey]

Product reviews?

Some people do it on YouTube, albeit seemingly do it self-employed.

[RizLCFC]

24 minutes ago, DennisNedry said:

Do you need to be 100% remote?

 

I know a few who've taken jobs post-Covid further afield than they ever would have considered previously, with the understanding that they only have to go into the office once a week, or once a fortnight etc. 

 

Depends on the industry of course.

I have seen some hybrid jobs that interest me, although they are asking for 2-3 days in office a week.

Edited 25 August 2024 by RizLCFC

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

The civil service is very flexible. The initial training (usually 5 weeks) you’ll have to be in office but after that you can make a workplace adjustment request and in my experience they’re very accommodating, though varies department to department. In my team a few people have fully remote working agreed. Something like caring responsibilities are generally good grounds for remote working contracts.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Ask Jon Rudkin. Pretty sure he works from home.

[Bryn]

You can get registered with the GP as a formal carer and this should open doors for you, potentially even with your current employer. There’ll be a local carers support network that can help you, in Yorkshire it’s called Carers Resource but have a look at what’s in your area.

Edited 25 August 2024 by Bryn

[The Fox Covert]

Remote working can work for you depending on the industry and the company you are working for and your career aspirations.

In my previous job, I had been working for the company for several years before remote working was enforced by the pandemic and the first covid lockdown.

So I knew all the project team and the major contacts for the customer quite well and the transition to remote working was successful.

Some of the major projects this company had in its portfolio dried up last year and I moved on to another company in the same field, which has remote working as part of its business strategy.

This has been less successful as I rarely meet anybody in the project team and have still never met any of the customer's project team.

Things are OK when the job in hand is straightforward, but when things are not and you need more information or have queries sometimes that work package just goes on hold for months.

Very often the information you need would be readily available in an office environment. The job would probably only be on hold until the next day, or maybe the beginning of the following week.

Remote working is also a career killer. I just don't see that you would ever be able to get the all round career experience to progress to, for example, a project lead position.

I couldn't care less about the last one as I am now in the run-down stage of my working life and will definitely quit if I am still there when I get the state pension, because even the miserable pittance from the state, that I have contributed to for over 40 years, will push me into the higher tax bracket.

The job is engineering technical documentation and the customers include many leading names in the aerospace, defence and engineering industries. 

[RizLCFC]

On 27/08/2024 at 11:14, The Fox Covert said:

Remote working can work for you depending on the industry and the company you are working for and your career aspirations.

In my previous job, I had been working for the company for several years before remote working was enforced by the pandemic and the first covid lockdown.

So I knew all the project team and the major contacts for the customer quite well and the transition to remote working was successful.

Some of the major projects this company had in its portfolio dried up last year and I moved on to another company in the same field, which has remote working as part of its business strategy.

This has been less successful as I rarely meet anybody in the project team and have still never met any of the customer's project team.

Things are OK when the job in hand is straightforward, but when things are not and you need more information or have queries sometimes that work package just goes on hold for months.

Very often the information you need would be readily available in an office environment. The job would probably only be on hold until the next day, or maybe the beginning of the following week.

Remote working is also a career killer. I just don't see that you would ever be able to get the all round career experience to progress to, for example, a project lead position.

I couldn't care less about the last one as I am now in the run-down stage of my working life and will definitely quit if I am still there when I get the state pension, because even the miserable pittance from the state, that I have contributed to for over 40 years, will push me into the higher tax bracket.

The job is engineering technical documentation and the customers include many leading names in the aerospace, defence and engineering industries. 

Very insightful that, thank you.