Working from home eliminates the need to commute to work, and it is typically either "teleworking" or "crowdsourcing".
The following briefly describes teleworking and crowdsourcing.

If you are "teleworking", you work from home or somewhere other than the company office. There are "employed teleworkers" and "self-employed teleworkers".

Employed teleworkers

Employed teleworkers are employed by an enterprise and work from remotely. They may work from home or while being away or on the move.

Self-employed teleworkers

Self-employed teleworkers are not employed by an enterprise, but rather act as the business owner and take orders from their clients. Self-employed teleworkers need to have skills to secure orders and carry out marketing activities to their clients as the business owners.

Crowdsourcing refers to "outsourcing work to an unspecific crowd". Orders are placed by clients and taken by crowdworkers on designated Internet sites (crowdsourcing sites). The difference from self-employed teleworking is that both parties deal via crowdsourcing sites. These sites eliminate the need for marketing; therefore, crowdworkers can select work within their capacities even if they do not have specific skills.

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