Hi to all.
There is really no sure way to tell a legitimate work-at-home option from an illegitimate one. However, there are signs that you can use to make that kind of judgment. These include how well the company is known, what kind of reputation the company has with other companies, its customers, and former employees, and if the offer you're getting sounds too good to be true.
There is another factor that blind and visually impaired people should consider as well when determining whether or not they will be able to work from home; namely, the accessibility of the company's website. Despite the law, there are still plenty of companies whose website accessibility, especially for employees, is far from adequate. While you could file legal claims or take other advocacy steps against such companies, those actions will not get you nearer to a job from home in the short term, and you may not have the money to fight against such companies in the first place.
Finally, to add to Catherine's comments (which are excellent points to consider, by the way), I should note that my past experience with brick-and-morter companies with work-from-home opportunities has been that such businesses will first want to see how you work in the brick-and-morter environments of their offices before allowing you to work from home.
Good luck!
---- Catherine Getchell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
This is a great question to ask your state VR agency. It's been my
experience that many of the telecommuting companies that claim to
provide jobs for people with disabilities provide temporary contract
work at best. I haven't heard of too many people having a long-term,
stable, sustainable wage job from organizations such as NTI or J
Lodge. Not to say these sustainable wage, stable jobs don't exist
with these organizations. I just personally haven't had any customers
where this worked out. There are also usually pretty stringent
computer equipment and computer skills requirements which can
eliminate many candidates. My recommendation would be to look for a
job from a company that has both a brick and morter office and some
work from home options for employees.
On 1/12/16, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am also interested in this as well. I am interested in the
> kind of telecommuting work that can be done from home and also what is legit
> and what is not and how to tell one from the other.
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>> On Jan 12, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Bundy, Keith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Good evening, list. I continually read where legitimate telecommuting jobs
>> are on the increase.
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>> For a variety of reasons, I am looking for a career change and would love
>> to step into telecommuting due to not wanting to relocate at this point in
>> life. Does anyone on the list have any ideas as to how one can make a
>> serious effort to find legitimate telecommuting work?
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts you may have.
>>
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