One of the greatest advantages in managing my business was
found through hiring a home based employee. Without
question, one of the largest expenses for any thriving
business is spent on employee labor! As of this writing,
it is still the largest monthly expense we incur. However,
over the last several years I've been able to diminish the
need for "in house" employees and have downsized our
immediate office personnel by utilizing "stay at home
moms"! Creating a home based employee that handles a large
amount of computer related work has been a huge asset to my
company.
I must say we've had our share of "hard knocks"! There
have been several in home operators that didn't get the job
done. Either by not performing at all or doing things
incorrectly and making a mess of things that became
challenging to fix. As a company we learned rather quickly
that you can never "assume" one is working, when away from
the office. Installing check points and having quotas
(goals), is an important part of having a successful home
based employee.
What has worked best for my company is to assign a project
to a home based employee. Given a definite deadline for
the task to be completed along with an incentive to finish
early, has been a key implementation to staying on target
and has helped tremendously with our production. Hiring
outside help through a home based individual allows us to
get the work done, while spending less money to do it.
One of the biggest challenges is finding competent help!
This article can save you a great deal of headache, should
you choose to hire a home based worker. One specific piece
of advice comes by informing you of what NOT to do, when
looking to hire someone. Simply put, I don't advice
running a classified ad for this type of position. It may
be contrary to what you've read or heard from others but my
EXPERIENCE has been quite negative when going to the
general public. Now I'm sure there are some exceptions,
depending upon what type of work you are performing.
However, I've had a much more pleasant outcome when dealing
with individuals recommended by friends and family.
Now I want to be clear, I'm NOT suggesting you have an
employee that is a friend or family member! This too can
turn out to be a very challenged situation and should be
carefully thought out BEFORE getting into a working
relationship with closely related individuals. I gained
better results by working with people whom I "knew" through
other closely related contacts. That's not to say family
and friends wouldn't work well but rather to SUGGEST, it's
best to avoid the "working relationship" with close friends
when possible.
Additionally, a home based employee can usually be paid as
a contract labor type person. Since they are not reporting
for work to the company's office and are not governed by an
office set of "rules", we receive an invoice from the
individual for work performed and pay by their paperwork.
(Much like having someone mow your yard). You will need to
verify your employee has proper credentials to work and
have proper paper work in order for tax purposes. Not
doing so may create another type of headache that turns
worse. Overall, our experience has been a pleasant and
profitable one by hiring a home based employee.
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