I have the following rules for working remotely. It's more for contractors, so may not be directly applicable to people who work remotely for an employer.
1. More than one customer. Even if you're earning less money, two badly paying customers are better than one well paying customer.
2. Invoicing is always prompt, and payment must also be prompt. Walk away from anyone that holds onto payments.
3. Be scrupulous with the time you charge out, and be aware that if you do this, you'll find it takes 4 hours of a day to do two hours work. Use rescustime or timesnapper to monitor where your time is actually going.
4. Never turn down work.
Don't know if these are especially good rules, but they work for me. I'm on about my 5th year of being a remote worker.
1. More than one customer. Even if you're earning less money, two badly paying customers are better than one well paying customer.
2. Invoicing is always prompt, and payment must also be prompt. Walk away from anyone that holds onto payments.
3. Be scrupulous with the time you charge out, and be aware that if you do this, you'll find it takes 4 hours of a day to do two hours work. Use rescustime or timesnapper to monitor where your time is actually going.
4. Never turn down work.
Don't know if these are especially good rules, but they work for me. I'm on about my 5th year of being a remote worker.