[q_an_a]

This story shows that 3.3 million people went to work durnig 2001 to 2004 -as contractors - at good hourly wage $10-$15 and that there is a vary good chance that they are not part of our JOBS data reported before the 2004 election. Yes we have had a jobless recovery.

[codercpc]

I work out of my home for a company that contracts out work, some to the Fed Gov. I obtain my daily work load via the computer, and I NEVER even visit the home office which is 600 miles away. I love it, but because I am actually an employee of another company, as opposed to an independent contractor, I am sure I am on the job data rolls.

BTW... I make about double what you posted, with no commute, no "uniform" charges (sometimes my PJ's), and no extra lunch money needed, I make a pretty decent wage.

[dawn53]

I work completely out of my home.

I log into work via a VPN and never go into the office (well, I won't say NEVER, just hardly ever.) I do talk on the phone to the office several times a day.

I manage online search engine bidding, marketing, oversee online orders, all responsibilities accomplished just as easily from my home office and probably more efficiently because no one is here to interrupt.

Plus it's more than a 9-5 job, it's a check on it, off and on throughout the entire day type of job, so I have freedom to come and go from home, because much of my work is accomplished early AM and late PM.

I think working from home makes more sense and some jobs are handled much more efficiently from home.

My info would be counted through the jobs data because I am not a "contract employee", but a regular employee.

[Incorrigible]

Bump

[Capriole]

Ultimately I think that more and more of us are going to have to work at home. This could be part of the solution for the traffic nightmare many of our cities face today. Imagine how traffic problems and the issues of overdevelopment and "sprawl" would be improved if, say, 20% of workers weren't on the roads commuting.

I used to have a home business and work at home, too. It was wonderful < sigh>. But 9-11 took care of it and now I have to go to a job. I'm trying to think of a way to resurrect it or find a job that lets me work at home, because I want to live in the country, far from jobs.