Originally Posted by
Peckish
Oh there are plenty of jobs that do not require you to connect to the company to do your work. My husband works from home in Washington State, and his "office" or home company is in New Jersey. He is a consultant and communicates with his supervisors, co-workers, clients and customers via email, phone, virtual meeting, and travel. All of his co-workers are the same way. I have to admit, sometimes I wish he worked in a real, 8-to-5 office job. He gets underfoot sometimes.
I must be dense, but if you communicate by email then you have connected by computer. The same is true for virtual meetings, etc. Your husband is not working unconnected to his home office. He is simply not GOING to the home office.