Kids, Cash, Computers and Companies
Working at Home
January 21, 1998

Is every day at your office "Take Our Daughters to Work Day?" Do the Lincoln Logs fight for space on your desk with the paperclips? Does your 4-year-old know what "collate" means?

If so, you're either one of the estimated 41 million people who work in their own home-based business or you're part of the 7.6 million salaried telecommuters who goes to meetings in bunny slippers each day. Or just maybe, you've clicked in here because you envy them and can't wait for your very own rabbit-themed footwear.

Never fear, suit set. We're here to help.

--Check out the Foolish Quiz to see how much you know about setting up your own biz at home.

--In Get Outta Here! we show you how to talk your boss into letting you work from home in five easy steps.

--This week's 10 Foolish Survival Tips gives you the lowdown on how to get through everything from the isolation blues to office politics once you're ensconced in your office away-from-office.

--Afraid your 3-year-old angel will start screaming the minute your conference call presentation starts? You should be. Here's how to keep your family, your clients and your boss happy in this week's Play Dough.

--And finally, in Stock In Trade, we take a look at Hewlett Packard, a company making a mint on all of us home-boys and -girls.

There are definitely some drawbacks to working at home. You miss out on the office football pool, you can't gossip as easily over e-mail, and you'll never get to have the turkey tetrazini in the employee cafeteria again. But it may be worth it for the chance to wear those bunny slippers.

--Trudy Hoyden
(TMF Hoyden)