- having a flexible schedule;
- integration of family and work responsibilities;
- less involvement with others in a regular work environment, such as power struggles and red tape;
- no commuting time (unless you travel to a customer's home or place of business);
- control of your own personal environment (temperature, light, work breaks, etc);
- self-determination and independence; increasing personal fulfillment;
- seeking and setting personal goals; enhancing creativity;
- and remaining in a community or moving with a spouse to a new community even when jobs are scarce or not available.
Disadvantages of a home-based business include
- needing to know a lot of information to operate a business successfully;
- the risk involved in operating a business;
- conflict in ownership of time (When is it my "own" time and when is "business" time?);
- lack of guaranteed employee fringe benefits;
- many competing roles and responsibilities (producer, promoter, bill collector, customer service representative);
- lack of job security; loss of home space use by family;
- interruptions; lack of self-discipline;
- little opportunity to delegate tasks to others;
- long hard hours, and legal requirements including zoning regulations. Being committed to a business may mean lack of freedom to do other things and to go as you please.
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