23 Rich Women Who Work From Home Share What They Do For A Living

Article created by: Austėja Akavickaitė

Having a proper work-life balance is one of the most important factors for employees everywhere. However, what that looks like and whether it’s even feasible, will depend a lot on the industry. Having the flexibility to work remotely can help with that. Though, in other cases, it doesn’t much soften the workload.

Redditor u/Spirited-Ambassador5 sparked a lively debate on the r/AskWomen subreddit after asking the women who earn six-figure annual incomes while working from home about what they do and what their personal life looks like. Many high-earners were happy to spill the tea. Scroll down for their stories and for a dash of inspiration that it’s possible to build a career even remotely when more and more bosses are trying to get their employees back in the office.

Bored Panda wanted to get to grips with how employees might convince management that remote work suits them better, so we reached out to workplace expert and bestselling author Lynn Taylor. She runs a popular blog on Psychology Today.

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I'm an author (nearly 30 years). I'm mainly a horror author, but I also do sci-fi, fantasy, nonfiction (science, health, human sexuality, food, gardening, techie stuff), and kids and family. I am under retainer with several video game companies around the world as well. I spend most of my time with my family and enjoying hobbies! It's awesome.

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I’m a glass artist 🌸 I was raised primarily by my grandmother, who was also a glass artist. I’ve made six figures consistently for the past eight years.

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I work for a software company in training and content design and make over 200k. I've been working remotely for about 11 years now, way before it became necessary in the pandemic. My work life balance is good. It's always helped me to stick to a strict "work schedule". I work the typical 8-4, sometimes more sometimes less, but it's pretty flexible to drop my son off at school, go to apts etc as long as my work is done and projects are completed on time. The biggest rule I always stuck to was having a home office, when I'm in my office, I'm working, when I'm done working, my office is unoccupied and closed. It got a bit hairy when my son realized I was downstairs (he has a nanny when he isn't in school) when he was about 2 he would try to come find me but he now understands that's where I work.

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I’m an orthopedic physician assistant in a HCOL city. I make 168k base salary and I do one OT shift a month of home only phone call (I field phone calls overnight but never have to leave my home) which bumps me up about 8-10k a year. I’ve been doing this for 13 years so I did not begin at this salary. I’ve been in my position for 10 years and I’m good at what I do and have made myself very valuable to my employer. This has allowed my quality of life benefits like early Fridays and leaving when my work is finished. I’m efficient and get everything done in a very timely manner. I also work for someone who has kids so he gets it- I can’t be late and I can’t miss important things like first day of school. My job also has killer benefits. I get 7 weeks of vacation, 8 paid holidays, 12 sick days, and no holidays or weekends.

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I’m an attorney. I have zero work life balance and work 60-70 hours a week.

The starting salary is about $215,000 right out of law school, and at my level, which is three years in, it’s $250,000. Most people leave large law firms in three to five years because it's not worth it to them. But a few people stick it out, and I guess for them it’s worth it. If you make partner at these firms, you can earn millions.