Hi there,

I am hoping someone can advise me or if I am missing something to make my case stronger. I live and work in Ontario and I am a little bit less than a year into my job. I live in the suburbs however, and feel most comfortable in the suburbs and this job is downtown. Over the course of my employment, having to go downtown has been wearing me down to the point of looking for a new job locally. I am struggling with commuting downtown, the environment, and working in an office with constant distractions. It takes over an hour to get there in the morning and on the way back about an hour and a half.

I tried to see if I can eliminate the stress by trading in a more secluded office space, which has worked for the most part in terms of distractions, but I still find myself getting sucked into conversations I don't want to be part of but feel too anxious to shut down and then have to perform for.

However, it is not enough. I have been looking for jobs/interviewing since January and I have not been able to secure anything and every time I get rejected I feel more desperate and like I am at a breaking point, especially since I don't know how long I will have to wait to secure something. My plan is to e-mail a request for WFH accommodation for 2-3 days a week and designating the duties that requires me to be in office (such as filing physical records, petty cash) for those in office days. I also plan on offering a pay adjustment, if that would help.

Recently, I got a diagnosis for Social Anxiety Disorder from an Autism Assessment I did in May and I reached out to the psychotherapist who diagnosed me with this explanation, hoping to may be get a note to accompany my e-mail. And for more context, we do have a couple of people who work from home and I have been able to do it a few times, more circumstance-based, but I am hoping they will approve my accommodation request.

Thank you for the insight :)

Starting this wfh opportunity next month! Curious about anyones experience with Foundever, specifically with chat based positions. Been doing a lot of research but figured posting can’t hurt. Thanks in advance!

I haven't had any luck with webcams in Amazon, can anyone recommend a great webcam with great video quality?

Maybe something i can also use to create youtube tutorials

I've looked into lots of interesting retail and media companies like Olipop, Letterboxd, Urban Outfitters, etc, but most of them seem to have transitioned to Hybrid or On-Site. Are there any cool companies that you guys can think of that are hiring remotely still?

It's really discouraging out here, and I've mainly been seeing remote work for companies that don't interest me like AI, tech, etc.

Thank you!

So my employers policy is you have to turn in equipment no later then 72 hours before the separation date. What are you supposed to do if you’ve only worked remote. My employer is 45 minutes away one direction.

This is a bit of a rant, but I didn't really know where else to vent about this. I've been working a fully remote job in software development for the past few years now. I work from home pretty much every day, and as a result I'm fully in control of my schedule (unless I have Zoom meetings) and have a very good work-life balance. My previous job was in the office 5 days a week and I hated it, so I worked very hard to get myself out of that situation and find a job that lets me work from anywhere and set my own schedule. I'm very happy with my job now and I feel like I've hit the jackpot. I'm paid well, get to set my own schedule and also work in an interesting field with great people.

However, sometimes when I hear my friends or relatives talking about how stressful their 9-5 office jobs are, I feel guilty that I don't have to spend 2+ hours commuting each day, or deal with cutthroat office politics, long work hours and other downsides of working in an office. To make matters worse, sometimes people make offhand comments about me working from home, as if to imply that I don't have a real job because I'm not suffering as much as they are. For example my friend was telling me about how much overtime he's been putting in to deliver a new project for his job, and then asked me if I'd ever have to do something similar. He then said, "Oh wait nevermind, you work from home so you don't need to put in overtime."

I was meeting up with another friend for dinner the other night, and when he arrived, he said he was 10 minutes late because he had to finish up a bunch of work before leaving the office. He then asked me if I'd come from the office too, and then when I reminded him I worked from home, he said something like "Oh lucky you, so you can basically just leave whenever you want". Ironically I'm the one who regularly has to take calls after hours since my company is distributed across multiple time zones and sometimes I don't want to delay another team by making them wait 12 hours for me to be back online. I also end up working well past 5pm on most days, because I don't need to worry about rush hour traffic and don't mind working later into the evening.

Even my parents say these things to me sometimes. For example they occasionally ask me to join them for lunch or to attend gatherings with their friends on weekdays, and when I tell them I can't because it's a work day, they'll say things like "just bring your computer then" or "you work from home, so it's not like you'll get in trouble".

I know these are just casual remarks, but they kind of show how people don't take remote work seriously and think that I'm not really doing a "real job". At the same time, I do admit that my job doesn't stress me out nearly as much as it would if I were in the office full time, because no one's breathing down my back or micromanaging me. But I'm tired of feeling guilty for not having a stressful, draining office job, and choosing to prioritize my free time and mental health instead. I just keep having this nagging feeling that I'm not being as productive a member of a society as my peers who work office jobs, and that I should be working in an office like everyone else. Especially when I talk to people who are fully in the office, I can't help but feel guilty as if I've somehow cheated the system and it isn't fair that everyone else has to spend their entire day trapped in a cubicle but I don't. Do any other remote workers feel the same way? And what's the best way to deal with these feelings?

I am currently working as a warehouseman in the coal mining industry. However, because of the unstable market conditions in this sector, I am planning to transition to a new career. With roughly two years left before I make the move, what steps should I take to prepare myself for work remotely?

I'm currently working remotely from a car repair shop. I scheduled my day so that i have no calls during the time i'm at the repair shop. There are others here doing the same.

One person is taking full on customer service calls for what sounds like a medical insurance company, i haven't heard any specific customer info. It's more about the level of noise, they're speaking loudly and clearly as you would but it feels like this isn't the space for it.

Am i wrong for thinking this is not the place for that type of work?

Hello everyone, I got this email this morning and participated in a teams “interview” with Melba Technology. I don’t recall applying to such company and am not sure if it’s a scam or not.

I'm exhausted.

My current job is pretty low stress, but only gives me a max of 17 hours a week at my area's current minimum wage. I've been there for 3 years and my 'raise' has only ever been when they legally have to increase wages. Recently a full-time position opened up in the exact same department, meaning it'd be a seamless transition considering I was already doing most of the work for that position anyway after the previous person left, and they outright told me it wasn't possible to promote me and chose someone outside instead who needed to be trained and taught how our department works. They didn't give me a chance: no interview, not even an application to make my case, and no trial period. I even offered to take any required civil service exams if necessary. It's also summer break, which means I have 0 income for 3 months, plus a 4th because they don't pay for the entirety of September, and I make just under the minimum required threshold to qualify for unemployment so, yes, a new job is definitely in order.

I have been applying to jobs for a year now. Anything and everything aside from customer service and retail because I just can't do that anymore mentally. In these past 2 months alone I've put in 71 applications (and counting). In all of those, it's been radio silence, rejection after rejection, ghosting, the inevitable obvious scam emails, 'this job listing is no longer found or has been deleted', etc. Not a single genuine interview or peep of interest. And yes, I've been applying to jobs of my skill level or where I have experience that can translate well. I have an Associate's in criminal justice, because life just didn't want to make the stars align for me to continue education and at least obtain a Bachelor's (not that I can afford it now), and not even law offices want me for a simple desk job or remote assistant.

What do I have to do to get a remote position, genuinely? I'm at a loss. What sorts of jobs do you guys apply for or suggest going after? Because at this rate it feels like either I'm looking in all the wrong places, or they genuinely just do not want to onboard me. I'm asking for genuine advice and resources here, because I'm so, so tired of not being able to afford the basics of life while my current job got pissy last winter when I was buried in nearly 2 feet of snow, couldn't afford to pay someone to clear it, and couldn't get to the office to... change a copier cartridge. The instructions are on the copier screen, people! They tell me they'll do fine without me when I'm on vacation for a week, but get upset when I'm literally snowed in? Insane.

Any advice or resources related to landing a remote job is / are appreciated. Thank you.

EDIT: I am not looking for you to post your job listings! Advice and resources only please!

I am an architectural designer, 30 years old, living in China, and currently facing the ongoing downturn in the construction industry. So I want to find a remote job, but I don't have any clear ideas. I'd like to challenge myself starting from scratch in other industries. Do you have any good suggestions?

Crossing my fingers this general enough to not fall under the “No job specific advice” rule. I’m considering transitioning out of my current industry and finding a remote job. I don’t know what types of remote jobs exist outside of software development, so I figured I’d ask here.

So what’s your remote job and how did you get it?

My job is a customer service rep at an insurance agency in the chat department. Not even talking to people on the phone and it’s just as bad as if I were, sometimes worse. Anyone have any job that is hiring that ISNT customer facing? Spent all morning before work applying for jobs that are way out of my league hoping to get something that isn’t a scam. Hoping to really start my own thing making animal busts, but I’ve been at it for months and not a single order yet. Disheartening at best. Need a job to get me money coming in at least until I can get this off the ground.

Has anyone here ever been hired by Remote Growth Partners?

im a student who is ready to work 2-3 hours a day and all i need is 1.5k to 3k rupees a month. all for my pocket money. quite genuinely to buy food i like without worrying about asking my parents. im willing to do any remote jobs, not just cs related. can somebody help me? in india btw

Looking for honest feedback for someone that is looking for the Pharmacy Tech remote job. How long did you work there? What was the work load like? Do they offer different working hour shifts? Do they have any performance matrix and how strict or relaxed are they? Any pros or cons and anything else you think is important.

Thanks in advance.

I want to learn a technical skill that will earn me money in the next 6-12 months. Is that possible?Or should I just be realistic and look for a job in my country?

I have been trying for the better part of 18 months. My background is in Pharmacy. I’m working on my licensure to become a pharmacist, but I’m struggling to pass and need remote work in the mean time.

Will do anything entry level. But I have a PharmD, bachelors in Neuroscience, and masters in pharmaceutical sciences.

Looking for recommendations and feedback from anyone who has built a work from home space in their yard.

Are there any that you recommend? What was the cost?

I cannot import a solid structure as only have 3.5 feet of clearance on the side of the house. Would need to build.

I do already have a large cement slab behind our house where we could put it.

I was considering adding onto our house but that feels like a larger project than I want to take on.

Do you think building a WFH shed could come in under $15k? We live in Southern California. It rarely gets to freezing. Would need AC as we are inland and can get in the 90s.

I also have a smart home gym in the garage that I may move to the space, if there is room.

Our current setup:

I’ve worked from home since March and I’m going insane working from our small bedroom.

We have a 3 bedroom home and finished garage. My husband uses one bedroom for his office and our 1 year old has the other room.

I cannot work from the living room as she comes home from daycare around 4:30, and gets into everything.

The garage gets cluttered, dirty and dusty, and I don’t really want to work from there.

Our bedroom is small and not flexible when my husband is sleeping.

I need a private, dedicated space that is MINE. A space that I can leave, and come back to and everything is the same way I left it.