10 Best (and Real) Work-at-Home Jobs

[WVsnowflake]

Searching for jobs you can do from home used to be a matter of scanning the Sunday classifieds for offers to get rich quick by stuffing envelopes.

Now, exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away. But so are the scams.


Two years ago, when The Rat Race Rebellion began tracking at-home jobs, there were 30 scams for every legitimate opportunity. Now, with 4,500 to 5,000 work-at-home job ads screened weekly, the Web site finds 57 phonies for every one that's for real, says Christine Durst, CEO of The Rat Race Rebellion.
Nevertheless, there's no shortage of people who dream of beating the odds and earning a living from home.

Durst, who is also CEO of Connecticut-based Staffcentrix, which develops home-based and virtual career training programs, says people interested in work-at-home jobs primarily are:


finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107428/10-best-and-real-work-at-home-jobs.html?mod=career-leadership

[mslookn4fun]

I found one online the other week called "nextjobathome" not sure if that ends in ".com" or not, however I had one almost purchase experience with it and realized I may have stepped into something I couldn't get out of, when I bought the initial cd and information packet, the info I read online was pay $9.95 now, and then only $38.95 after the first 3 months that you're in the program and you want to stick with it...I realized later I was crossing two different opportunities and ended up with the $149.95 'deal' instead. I didn't opt in, I politely told them no thanks. All the stuff sounded great until that extra $$$ was asked for.

I get into the bad habit of wanting to try and online home-based business and then realize I really need a little extra $$$ in the end before waiting til I'm broke to try something. I'm still searching and thinking of another one, but at least taking more time now to review further all the monies involved.

[gonecatfishing]

NOPE!! Not even gonna go there with this one!

[famfish]

I think there are plenty of companies like mine that need people at home to do things for cash! The problem is also how dependable are those looking for work at home! Local wok at home people is the answer. The people you can meet face to face to see how they live and if you can trust them! There are too many easy money scheems in the world and they are all on the net! I have a amish family tie my rigs every month. They do about 400 or more a month. There are 8 kids in the amish family with 6 of them over 12! Some of the older girls do tie the rigs for extra family money! Assembly is common amoung small companies but requires good work and decipline working pratices which lots of people cannot cope with!

[tentfire]

All of this (including all the posts) is some great info!

I have had a work-at-home job for almost 24 years now. (part of the time from home, part of the time out in the field, then fill out the reports at home.)

There is one company that I have worked for for quite a few years (more than 10 years) but hadn't done much for them in the past year. They had always been reliable. They called me for a job assignment a few weeks ago and I got burned!!! I had to make a 75 mile round trip for the assignment, work several hours, and fill out a report back home. They initially made me pay offer and I reluctantly agreed. I even have it on my recorded voice mail. The offer was okay, but could have been better for the amount of hours, combined with the gas and drive time. AFTER I did the work, they decided they were only going to pay me 1/3 of our original agreement!!! They said there wasn't as much work to be done as they had originally thought. Yep. I turned them into the Internet Crime Commission, but didn't get anywhere. They are a branch of a HUGE world-wide company. I fought hard with them, but in the end, ended up with NO PAY. (They wiped everything off of my assignment list, even our on site email arguments - little do they know, I saved copies of everything.)

And now, they have the nerve to keep emailing me and asking me to do some more work for them.
Even legitimate companies can turn into a scam when greed sets in.