Working from home or online IS a REAL job

I agree with other posters. If you are making good money and you can live on it, then it must take some skill and is therefore a real job. But playing on my lot day in and day out I don't consider a real job.

A good part of my bookselling business is now on line and it bothers the devil out of me that people do not respect the fact that I am working. Because I'm home does not mean I'm available to run errands, answer the telephone or shoot the breeze. I've had to set more than one person straight. Family was the easiest. I just made it really clear - "If you want to eat & continue to have a roof over your head - LET ME WORK". It's not so easy with friends since I can't really threaten them. Mostly I've gotten the message across but I've lost a few 'friends" along the way.

It's a real job to me. I've had my feelings hurt numerous times by this issue. People tell me I don't have a "job". I do have a job..a hard one too at times. I am a fulltime ebay seller. Like any job, I have good days and bad. It's my only source of income, so obviously I'm doing something right. I try to ignore the naysayers, but it's hard sometimes.

I was going to say that if I could find a job online that paid enough to be considered a real job then yes but the truth is even my searching and looking for that job is treated as a real job. I get so upset at my husbands family when they tell him that I should go out and look for work, as that is what I am doing at home. I don't understand why I would have to leave my house for it to be considered working. Yes it does upset me when they don't consider what I do work.

I think both are big in their respect but working at home is much difficult than online.As by working at home we are not able to be in contact with those who live far away from us butby working online we can easily manage various people.

working at home is a real job. some people like working in the evvironmnt of different employees and being outside and active. but some people like working on there on and they can get more work done that way. and if somebody says well thats not a real job then they have there opinions and they must be the ones who work better at a different environment.

I don't consider MyLot to be a job...more a hobby. If I were working from home and actually made a living from doing so, I would consider it a job.

You had better believe it is upsetting! I am so shocked by what you just described that I am at a total loss for words and I am NEVER at a total loss for words. But, if U R hiring, any 1, i am old, but i am always playing games on the computer so i cud pla + wrk in 2 difrnt wndos at the sam tim - let me no if u want me ~Donna

Maybe if you are really earning big online I would consider that a real job...but if you're earning so little I would just call it excess work...Life at times is very hard and for people with families they want to find some ways to earn more. No it doesn't upset me if others don't think working online is not a job..If you are earning big online go for it and it doesnt matter what other people say..

Anyjob is good unless and untill it pays you the money....as far considering the job of working online its good as supplementary income for those who have really hard times with the financial supplies and can really help a lot to provide those extra earnings...jsut to prove to support to ur family income....

It is not like that if u work frm office than i can be termed as job or employment at the same time when u r working frm home it is just a fun sake sitting in front of u r computer so i think the real job means working in an office under some rules and regulations

I completely agree that working from home is a real job. I am currently exploring my online options for working from home. I took a buyout from my employer who was downsizing when I was 9 months pregnant with my son. The plan was for me to stay home from 6 months to a year with him. That 6 month mark is fast approaching, and I can't imagine going back to a conventional workplace and leaving him with a babysitter or daycare. So, I have begun to do some research and have submitted my resume to a few potential employers. I however, have done it in a professional manner with a 'real' resume. I even got a separate email address and changed my voicemail to sound more professional so that if/when potential employers call, they are more apt to take my application seriously. I can't imagine submitting a job request like the one you mentioned. And I certainly wouldn't expect to get hired if I did. I would think that upon reading that a potential employer wouldn't feel too confident that that particular individual could meet deadlines without someone standing over their shoulder. If and when I do find at home employment, I fully intend to treat it as a REAL job. I mean, that is why they pay you, to perform a job.

a job is a job. there is nothing called real or unreal job, be it working from home, or working in an office. the only thing which is lacking in working from is that ther is no BOSS, and that is a big motivation for putting more effort.

working from home or online is ok in some circumstances but should not be the norm. we would loose our manufacturing base and this would not be good for the economy of the country in the long run

Why not? If you dig deeper, you can find gold in the entire web. I have researched and meet people from around the world from business forums and work at home community on the net. They are proving they are earning from the internet. I just hope those who become successful should share their experience and strategy online.

At present this is not a real job but I am hoping to get into a viable business online or job that can sustain my needs and at least compensate me more than an average employee in a work outside the home.If I find that then I will be happy.

when I tell people about earning on line they think I am some geek and ask me how much I earn, since I earn only from mylot and iot comes out to 1300 that is 22$ so per month so I think they do not recieve the news well. I also can not call it real income. IO am still looking for other things but I still have to find any thing that really pays so quickly as this site. I do not go for sites asking for money as I am always worried of loosing money and being scammed. How do yo trust someone, I don't know why people don't deduct from what we earn if they want to get paid for offering the programme. There shold be a genuine system like that.

its not a real job at all. working from home is really dificult. i cant even manage to earn money for my monthly expediture..

I dont consider a working from home a real job. Because being working online has no assurance that we can get or recieve payment from our employeer. There are many scammers online nowadays. I consider it a gamble.

Can anybody tell me what defines a "real job"??? Does bill gates etc not do a "real job"? I work as a retail security officer and I also use my pc to make extra money, both jobs earn me "real" money ie (money I can spend) not a vast ammount but money all the same, if you have time to sit at the computer all day you could probably make a living out of this but I enjoy my day job too much to give it up lol