Hiring an Employee to Work at Home with You

Your house may have to become an open book...the same as your company!

However, other home-based business owners may not be so open.


• You made sure you were not casual when you started your home-based business--no laundry and no dog walking during business hours--so you want to make sure your employees are equally serious about your company.



• Rules may be needed to make sure employees don't rifle through your personal belongings or eat you out of House and Home Business!




Why Did You Start Working at Home

• Remember to consider one reason you work at home is to avoid the corporate experiences you had before.



• Maybe you prefer to keep your workplace informal so people will want to come to your house to work.



• Do You Really Need a Work at Home Partner or Partners?



• First, make sure you do need to hire someone.



• You might be able to use a contractor, try someone from a temporary staffing service, or even make up that extra weight yourself.



• If you hire someone, even part-time, you may have to pay certain benefits, worker's compensation insurance, and payroll taxes.



• If you use a temp or contractor, you may be able to save these costs.



• In any case, make sure your homeowner's insurance covers injuries to that person, especially if he or she is working with equipment in your home.



• One of the best things to do IS get someone through a temp service, or if someone is willing to try out the job, and you can try them out, you don't have to go through putting them on your payroll, then get them off your payroll.



• Never forget...The wrong person can create more work than you've already got, going behind them and correcting problems, undermining your business, etc., etc.




Interviewing a Prospective Home Business Employee

• The romantic metaphor is a gteat tool to relate to if you are hiring for the first time.



• Meet the job applicant at a coffee shop or at the library.



• Possibly interview him or her over the phone. Don't invite the applicant into your home until at least the second interview.



• Consider inviting a serious applicant for an all day interview at your basement office. This will give both you and them an opportunity to experience what it would be like to work in your home together.




Your New Work at Home Partner

• Set up your new employees' space the way you did yours.


Even if you only have a small space, they have to have their own space that may even be equal to yours. This is a very big part of running your business successfully. Mutual respect.


• The space has to be safe... setting up a work at home space for someone other than you may have additional considerations involved.



• The Workspace should be free of clutter, doorways should not be blocked, and seat heights should be correct to prevent repetitive motion injuries, and so on...




Letting Your Home Business Worker Go

• Fisrt of all, make sure your employee knows what you expect from them. If you haven't done this properly, maybe you are at fault here.



• If you need to fire someone however, check with your local small business development center or even an attorney to see how to go about the process of warning someone, then letting that person go. If done incorrectly, you may be liable for unemployment insurance payments or other costs.




A Couple Work at Home No..No's

• Never give employees keys to your home. If you have to leave, the employees could continue working, but usually have someone home.



• Don't keep irregular hours unless absolutely necessary. Yes, we know, this is the essence for most of us, but you still may want to keep their come-and-go hours static.



• We could go on and on here...like romance, personal calls, visiting boundaries., etc....most of these things will and should be your decision. Just remember: setting very stiff boundaries at first will always be the safest bet.




Dealing with Your Neighbors

• Be courteous of your neighbors' space with possible extra traffic, parking, or strange faces. Try to remember that a lot of them may not even know what you do!



• Hiring some of your neighbors for part-time jobs may be a great idea. Nobody wants to have 10 cars parked outside.



• We're in the information business, so we don't have warehousing considerations to make, but you might. People might get irritated because a huge shipping truck is blocking their way.



• Make sure you know your zoning laws: you might not be allowed to have employees at all.



• If customers are parking, there may be good reason for neighbors to pick up the phone and call you in. You can't blame them.


***If you are lucky (or unlucky??), and your business does out grow your home, just don't forget those things that got you where you are today. If it was those peanut butter cups everyone helped themselves to in your fridge, your friendly dog, your home stereo, or even those casual 2 pm naps, you will want to "keep your niche" the way success was achieved.



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