RemoteGlide helps stay-at-home mums and dads find honest ways to earn from home, and work out whether it’s worth it for their family.
We’re a small, independent site based in Dublin, Ireland. We started RemoteGlide because honest, practical information about working from home was hard to find, and the gaps were filled with schemes that take money from parents who can least afford it.
Why this site exists
Search “work from home” and you’ll find pyramid schemes, “earn £500 a day” ads and lists of jobs that disappeared years ago. Parents with little time deserve better. RemoteGlide does three things differently:
- Tools first. Free calculators and planners that use your own numbers, so you get an answer for your situation, not generic advice.
- Honesty about pay. Real pay ranges, real time to your first payment, and the downsides of every option.
- No scams. We never promote anything that asks you to pay to start or to recruit others. See our No-Scam Promise.
What you’ll find here
- Free tools that answer the questions parents actually ask: what you’d take home after tax, whether going back to work is worth it after childcare, how many hours you can really work around school, what to charge as a freelancer, and whether a job offer looks like a scam.
- Honest guides to genuine work-from-home options, from virtual assistant work and bookkeeping to tutoring, proofreading and selling online, each with real pay, real platforms and the downsides.
- Country-specific answers for Ireland, the UK and the US, because tax, childcare support and employment rules are different in each.
How we research and check our figures
Money and work decisions matter, so we hold ourselves to a few clear rules:
- We go to the source. Tax rates, credits and thresholds come from Revenue, GOV.UK, HMRC and the IRS. Childcare schemes come from the official scheme websites. Platform fees come from the platforms’ own pricing pages.
- We show the year. Every tool says which tax year or period its figures apply to, and every guide shows when it was last updated.
- We use ranges, not promises. Pay varies with experience, location and how many hours you can work, so we give realistic ranges and explain what affects them.
- We check again when rules change. We review our tools after each Irish Budget, UK Budget and IRS inflation update, and update guides when platforms change their fees or terms.
- We tell you what’s gone. Some once-popular home jobs, like basic data entry and general transcription, have largely been replaced by AI. We’d rather say so than send you down a dead end. Read which jobs AI has replaced.
Our tools give estimates to help you plan. They aren’t tax, legal or financial advice, and for big decisions it’s always worth checking with Revenue, HMRC, the IRS or a qualified adviser. See our Disclaimer.
What we won’t do
- Recommend pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing or “join my team” offers
- Publish job listings we can’t verify
- Promise fast or guaranteed income
- Hide the downsides of any work type
- Let advertisers or affiliate partners decide what we recommend
Who RemoteGlide is for
RemoteGlide is for parents who want to earn around family life: mums and dads at home with young children, parents returning after a career break, and anyone who needs work that fits school hours. Our tools and guides cover Ireland, the UK and the US.
How we make money
RemoteGlide is free to use. In future it may show ads and include some affiliate links, which will always be labelled. They never decide what we recommend, and we only link to products and services we’d be happy to suggest to a friend.
Corrections
Rules change, and we sometimes get things wrong. If you spot something out of date or incorrect, please tell us. We check every report and update the page, usually within a few days.
Our sister sites
RemoteGlide is part of a small group of independent sites:
- CVTidy: a free CV builder and ATS check, useful if you’re updating your CV after a career break.
- VizGuides: plain-English guides to Irish visas, employment permits and moving to Ireland.
Questions people ask about RemoteGlide
Is RemoteGlide free?
Yes. Every tool and guide is free, with no sign-up. We don’t sell courses, coaching or “starter kits”, and we never will. If we add ads or affiliate links in future, they’ll be labelled, and you can read about how we make money above.
Who writes the guides?
The RemoteGlide team, a small independent team based in Dublin, Ireland. We publish as “RemoteGlide Team” rather than under individual names. What matters is that every figure can be checked: each guide links to its sources and shows the date it was last updated.
Do you store anything about me when I use a calculator?
No. Our calculators run in your browser, so the numbers you enter are never sent to us. Our privacy policy explains what little data we do collect, such as messages you send through the contact form.
Can you recommend a specific job or company for me?
We don’t run a job board or recommend individual employers, because listings change too fast to keep honest. Instead, our guide to finding genuine remote jobs explains where real roles are posted and how to spot fake ones. Want to know more about which kind of work might suit you? Try the remote work matcher.
How can I trust what you say about pay?
We show where every pay figure comes from, include the low end as well as the high end, and update figures when budgets or platform fees change. If you think a number is wrong, tell us about it and we’ll check it.
What is RemoteGlide about, in one sentence?
RemoteGlide is about helping parents make one decision well: whether, and how, to earn from home without losing money to scams or wasting months on work that doesn’t pay. Everything else we publish, from the calculators to the guides about tax and childcare, is there to support that decision. If you’d like to tell us what you think RemoteGlide should write about next, we’d love to hear from you.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections or ideas for a new tool? Contact us or email support@remoteglide.com.