Are there any work from home jobs that are not scams? Besides of course Avon and others.

There are some but you typically need to create them yourself. There are a few hi-tech companies that will let you work from home but you need to prove yourself first. Writing software is another but you need to write a really good piece of software and market it. Selling on eBay is one that has become popular but it's very competitive and you need a good product. There are artists and people with good wholesale connections that make a living from eBay.

A friend of ours works at AMA (Alberta Motor Association) as a call center operator and was offered the opportunity to work from home. This was after a few years with the company however...

Many "ordinary" companies are going this route... saves them money in terms of office space and employee productivity, ect

The problem is sorting the real jobs from the scams, might be hard to go and apply for a job and get the option right off the bat as there is a lot of trust involved, but dosen't hurt to ask companies in person if it's something they would consider...

Lots of info on Telecommuting (http://www.google.ca/#q=telecommute&hl=en&prmd=ivnsl&source=lnt&tbs=ctr:countryCA&cr=countryCA&sa=X&ei=KikITqL0NIL00gHC8aW5Cw&ved=0CDEQpwUoAQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e03f970678fca66e&biw=1920&bih=955)

Rogers allows some call centre staff to work from home.

The company I work at allows some of their employees to work from home. I have been in the office about 6 times in the last 4 months. The rest of the time i work at home. I love it and seem to be more productive at home than in the office.

I can telecommute with my current company.
Most of the time I end up going in for meetings, etc.
But 1/3 of my team is based out of home offices.
The rest of us work from home here and there.

I've only been with the company a few months, in time I'll probably assume a regular schedule of telecommuting, even if just a couple days a week.

I love it.
I get more work done, and don't have to deal with rush hour traffic. :D

the 2 last posters could you let us and the OP know what type of job you guys have ? as thats what he was asking for..

I have the opportunity to work from home anytime I wish. It is very convenient, but I try not to abuse of it too much. So basically, I work from home one day per week. If the weather doesn't look too good, I don't have to drive and I love it.

I develop and maintain engineering softwares (if anybody is familiar with Intergraph's Smartplant suite, that's what I do).

Very similar to MarcP. Elected to work from home once a week, plus when wather plays havoc. In software development industry too.

i work from home all the time i wite softwares and i'm a webmaster for couple companies so all i have to do is a couple meetings and brainstormings once in a while

the 2 last posters could you let us and the OP know what type of job you guys have ? as thats what he was asking for..
I work in IT, supporting software in an Oil/Gas company.

Publicly funded not-for-profit.
I'm a data analyst (job title pretty much says it all - no real need to be in the office to do my work :p)

I work from home 2 days a week and have been doing so for about 4 years now. Saving the commuting costs and time has made a huge difference in my work/life balance!

I work for TD and have for 14 years. Depending on the position and department, TD has a variety of flexible work options.

I'm a business analyst for a travel IT company (one of the reservation/pricing/ticketing systems that airlines and travel agencies use). I and many of my co-workers work from home...we're a mix of "virtual" employees (used to work in our offices in Toronto and Chicago; which closed four years ago) and "remote" employees that live in places where we've never had offices, or worked in one of them and moved away. I travel to the states a few times a year for meetings (or more often if I'm on a big project).

My spouse works for one of the "big three" mobile providers in tech support and also works from home. I believe all three have some percentage of telecommuters in their call centers. He had to work in the office for the first six months and then apply for work at home when they offered it. He now has to go in to the office a minimum of twice a month, but it's flexible if it's a bad weather day.

I was a mobile employee, so I would often set up an area of my house and have my computer and telephone on the desk. It would make no sense to drive to the office when most of my work was just programming switches and testing. I would conference call from home, or sometimes on the road. i would also vpn into work so i can do anything i could from the office from home. some companies prefer it. The only time you need togo to the ofice is for supplies, sign documents, and hand in reports and catch up with other employees