So What If You Work At Home, Be Professional!

Professionalism.

If there’s one thing I’m serious about (besides not being spammed on a regular basis), it’s professionalism.

I think that with the internet being so relaxed sometimes people lose focus on basic business concepts. While it’s nice to be able to work in your pajamas if you choose, that doesn’t mean that you have to behave as if you are sitting on the couch, eating pizza, and combing your kids hair all while managing work obligations.

Early in my work at home career I experienced a large amount of unprofessional behavior. It happened so often that I started to be a bit biased towards people who worked at home, more specifically, women with children who worked at home.

I don’t hold those biases anymore but the issue is still valid. Here’s an article I recently wrote Are Work at Home Moms Unprofessional?

The main point is that family is important, but it’s not an excuse, or a reason to expect special treatment. Read it and let me know what you think. Am I being too hard on work at home moms, or are there some issues that we all need to consider?

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