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Lori
02-06-2004, 06:16 AM
Monday is "Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day." But, no matter how good it might feel to sit through a staff meeting wrapped in chenille, you must resist the urge.

This holiday is for people who sip a second cup of coffee and boot up the home computer while their commuting counterparts are fuming in rush-hour traffic.

The second annual celebration of working from home gives telecommuters and entrepreneurs the chance to remind corporate America that commerce isn't conducted only in downtown high-rises and suburban industrial parks.

It's happening in spare bedrooms, basement cubbyholes, and, sometimes, at the dining room table.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19.8 million Americans worked from home in 2001, the most recent year for which data was available.

That number has certainly grown in the last few years, as advances in -- and access to -- technology has accelerated.

Read full WAHM article (http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/7889064.htm)

dreuby
02-08-2004, 02:21 PM
What most of these WAHM "work in your bathrobe" articles forget is that all moms work at home - and that often includes the school run, whether by foot or car, and getting children ready for school whatever their age.
WAHM's just have to fit in paid employment as well.

Most of us don't start "work" until after taking the children to school, and it looks like our poll results reflect that!

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