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I am considered a WAH employee but since my job is 100% travel, Im only really "home" on weekends but the good thing about my job is that home can be anywhere.
I want to know if you think being a WAH employee can positively or negatively affect your relationship. Ive seen both sides. One of my coworkers was on the verge of a divorce because she was only home on weekends so she quit. My friend is stressed out that her husband works from home because he is ALWAYS THERE lol. she no longer has alone time. He has also stopped getting dressed since he can work in his pajamas and he will go days without shaving.
I think for me, only one of us can WAH because I think I'd go crazy too having my partner there all the time lol
Fortunately, my wife works at an office while I WAH. If she were home, I'd have to flee to the library or something, because she'd always be wandering into the den where I work, asking if I'd made my dentist appointment or some other stuff.
My Husband works from home and at the moment I am not working, but it is fine he is in his office and I only see him at lunchtime. If I need to speak to him I call him !! lol just like I would if he wasn't here.
I work in an office away from home and my husband works half in his office in downtown Los Angeles and half out of our home office. But on days when I'm home and he's in his office working we really don't see each other. He knows his place. LOL
I work from home and my husband has a job outside the home. Works fine. The only exception was while he was recovering from back surgery a few years ago. He was laid up for about a month. It's amazing how much of a routine I've developed and how him just laying on the sofa completely messed up my routine. Even just little things like I'd go downstairs to get coffee and I'd get sidetracked and start talking to him, watching TV, etc. I'm definitely more disciplined when I'm by myself.
My husband and I have our own business and have worked both at home and at our office. It didn't and hasn't affected us at all. We have our business life and our home life and manage to keep both separate.
When we worked at home, we got up at the same time and followed the exact same routine as if we were at a physical office ... meaning we got dressed, etc.
i'm, 34. i had my own startup that i ran from home (25-29 y/o then)....adult websites. my ex wife admitted her jealousy regularly. i made 70-80k untaxed a year, and i was not micromanaged, and did not have any employees, and worked about 16 hours a month after i got things very efficiently designed, in terms of my processes.
she dealt with office politics and tons of bull****, working for the nations top fiber optics firm then.
its weird....it was her problem. i dont live being jealous of others, never have
i get what i want
maybe work at home stuff doesnt cause problems, but can enflame peoples personality deficits??
I worked at home for three years. My wife was a homemaker. It was wonderful for us. I could take a break and help her with things, go to lunch . . . other things.
My wife hates being home when I work. I have a very mild temper. But when I'm dealing with deadlines and really, really stupid clients, I will cuss like a drunken sailor who just hit his thumb with a hammer. I'm talking Tourette's Syndrome here. What's more, because I write for a living, I tend to read my work out loud (By the way, the best single way to edit your writing). So my wife is always asking me, "What did you say?" or "Were you talking to me?" thereby ruining my train of thought.
I worked at home for three years. My wife was a homemaker. It was wonderful for us. I could take a break and help her with things, go to lunch . . . other things.
I hear ya
I work from home and my hubby has been unemployed since June, so he's been right here with me, day in and day out. Well, he does leave the house to play tennis 3 times a week, lol. The point is, I will be so spoiled when he goes back to work that I will miss him terribly. I LOVE having him here, taking walks in the middle of the day (among other things!), eating breakfast together, getting all kinds of little projects accomplished - it's nice
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