Work from home or home from work? That is the question.
If you’re self-employed or at least thinking about it, the commute down the hall to work in your underwear may seem like a really enticing option. There’s no dealing with traffic or annoying people, and you may qualify for a fairly decent tax write-off on your office.
I worked from home in a small spare bedroom office from August 2006 to May 2008. Most of that time I was an employee for an airline charter airline based in Alaska. The work I did for them as their web marketer could all be done remotely (from here in Hawaii), so in theory the setup was perfect. When the company got bought out and I lost my job, I continued to work at home as a full-time, self-employed consultant.
And yes, for the record, I did work in only my underwear, often unshaven for days, unbeknownst to my employer or my clients.