I get lots of Facebook messages and emails from people who are looking for work from home jobs that don't come with strict, set schedules. This is probably the second most common request I get next to people looking for non-phone work.
In the last six years, I've actually written about a lot of jobs like this, but I've never made a list of companies although I do have a list of part time work from home jobs. So this post is a big list of those jobs I've reviewed that allow you to work more or less when it's convenient for you.
Note I have left off the freelance writing, editing, transcription, and translation companies because these almost always allow you the freedom to set your own schedule. The companies listed below are divided up into phone and non-phone jobs.
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Flexible Phone Jobs
USA Contact Point – Read Review – Telemarketing work. They have shifts available 24/7 and you can schedule yourself to work when you want. You may want to read the comments on this company before applying because many people have had negative experiences here. Not always hiring.
Hilton Worldwide – Read Review – A reader on my Facebook page mentioned that Hilton lets you build your own schedule. They hire reservation sales specialists, customer care coordinators, and guest experience specialists to work from home. However, you have to train on-site for many weeks at either their Tampa, FL or Dallas, TX headquarters prior to working from home, so it's pretty location-based.
Metaverse – Read Review – They hire home-based customer support reps. You can schedule your own hours here the last I was aware.
Learnlight – Read Review – Company formerly known as ISUS. ESL (English Second Language) teaching from home. The work is done via Voip connection. You can set your own schedule as long as you work Monday – Friday and can commit to at least 24 hours per week. Shifts are usually done in 2-4 hour blocks.
ARC Consulting – Read Review – Telephone mystery shopping. Like most other phone mystery shopping companies, you can do the calls anytime as long as you're calling during normal business hours. This should also be considered just extra money since you can't depend on the work to be steady.
Ver-A-Fast – Outbound calling, mainly to newspaper customers. Mostly working nights and weekends, at least 15 hours a week. You can usually log on and off as needed provided you meet your hourly quota every week. I should mention this company gets lots of negative reviews from former workers although they are a legit company.
Parameds – Read Review – Outbound calling for medical records retrieval. The work is done Monday through Friday and you can work anytime during business hours. However, lots of workers say they stay pretty busy the entire time because sometimes they have lots of calls to make.
VoiceLog – Read Review – They hire third party call verification agents to work from home. You can set your own schedule as long as you are working in 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hour blocks.
Arise – Read Review – Work from home customer support. This is more of a home business opportunity since you have to become incorporated to begin servicing their clients. The schedule here is known for being extremely flexible, you can work things around your schedule to a point although ultimately it's going to depend on the needs of the client(s) you are servicing.
NexusOp – Read Review – Work from home customer support and sales. Very flexible as far as phone jobs go. You are shown a schedule, and then you can set your own hours based on that. Payments are made weekly.
NextWave Advocacy – Read Review – Conducting outbound political calls. You have to commit to 20 hours a week but you can work the hours at anytime during the day or evening. This is project-based work, so the work will come and go.
OnPoint Advocacy – Read Review – Similar to the work you do for NextWave (above). You are free to make your calls anytime between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. You have to commit to at least 25 hours per week. This is also project-based work and the company may not always have projects available for you to work on.
Pleio-Goodstart – Read Review – Work from home calling people for medication reminders. You can make the calls on your own schedule provided they are done between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the patient's time zone Monday through Friday or 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays.
Yardi-Matrix – Read Review – This is a phone job from home where background noise doesn't matter. You are calling apartment complexes pretending to be a renter in order to gather information. You can do your calling on your own schedule provided it's between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Perception Strategies – Read Review – Phone mystery shopping. Like the other phone mystery shopping opps I have listed, you can do the work anytime provided the business you are calling is open.
LiveOps – Read Review – Work from home customer service. It is possible to set your own schedule here in blocks of time as small as 30 minutes.
iTalki – Read Review – Work from home teaching any language via Skype or Voip. This one is open worldwide and allows you freedom to set your own schedule.
Time Etc. – Read Review – Work from home as a virtual assistant for Time Etc. This is flexible work provided you can work Monday-Friday, at least five hours a week.
VOIQ – Read Review – Work from home making calls from the VOIQ app. Some sales experience required. You can set your own schedule.
For more flexible phone jobs, see this post: Work From Home Phone Jobs With Flexible Schedules
Flexible Non-Phone Jobs
Write Score – Work from home scoring student essays. Note this company offers only seasonal work and they hire for a short period of time each year (hiring may be up for this year).
Cambly – Read Review – ESL (English Second Language) tutoring. You are allowed to log on and work when you want provided there are tutoring sessions available. Also, no experience is needed to work for this company.
Clara Labs – Read Review – Not always hiring. Work at home as a scheduling assistant for Clara Labs. No set schedule, you set your own hours.
Crawford Media Services (Metaforce) – This company hires contractors for occasional metadata writing and tagging projects. You can set your own schedule, although you are required to meet certain hourly quotas and deadlines.
Zero Chaos – Read Review – You can do ads quality rating/search engine evaluation from home for ZeroChaos. You can log in and work when you want as long as you commit to between 10 and 30 hours per week.
Metaverse – Read Review – Work from home community/social media moderation work where you can schedule your own hours. This company is also listed under phone jobs because they regularly hire for customer support positions which may involve the use of a phone.
3 Play Media – Read Review – Work from home editing transcripts. You can log on and off and do the work at your leisure provided there is work available to do and you will commit to at least 15 hours a week.
Lionbridge – Read Review – Work from home search engine evaluation and other non-phone task work. Work whenever you want up to 20 hours per week.
Literably – Read Review – Work from home transcription/scoring. You listen to students read aloud and then type out their errors. This company usually only has work during the school year.
Elevate K12 – Read Review – Work from home tutoring. You can work any hours you want as long as it's between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Fancy Hands – Read Review – Work from home task-based virtual assisting. Log on anytime and if there are tasks you can do, you can claim them. There are almost always lots of tasks available. Note this is sort of phone and sort of non-phone since some of the tasks will involve the phone and some won't. But it's up to you which ones you claim.
Measurement, Inc. – Read Review – Work from home scoring tests. Must have a four-year degree. Flexible, but you will have to work Monday through Friday. Pays around $11 hourly.
Humanatic – Read Review – Work from home listening to recorded phone conversations and label them according to specific criteria. You can work as much or little as you want. Note this is extra money, if that. Most people aren't able to make much money at all doing this.
Panda Tree – Work at home tutoring kids in Mandarin or Spanish. Work whenever you want, between 5 and 15 hours weekly.
Pearson – Read Review – Work at home scoring tests. You can work anytime you want provided you commit to at least 20 hours a week.
iSoftStone – Read Review – This is work from home search evaluation although they also occasionally have other types of projects, too. You can log in and work whenever you want as long as you commit to at least 10 hours per week.
Leapforce – Read Review – Another work from home search engine evaluation opportunity. This is another where you can log in and work anytime. There are no shifts you have to schedule yourself for.
The Smart Crowd – Read Review – This is work from home data entry, very much just extra money and not steady work at all. You can log in at any time and do the work if it's there to do. Lots of times it's not.
Brainfuse – Read Review – Work from home tutoring. It may be possible to work on your own schedule if there are any tutoring sessions you can grab.
Great American Opportunities – Work from home seasonal data entry. You can log on and work anytime if there are orders available for you to key. The orders, if available, usually show up in daytime hours. Note this is not an easy job to get. The company has a waiting list that extends a few years.
Shutterstock – Read Review – They have occasional openings for remote image reviewers. You must commit to at least 25 hours per week, but these can be arranged around your own schedule.
Studypool – Read Review – This is a site you can use to sign up as an online academic tutor and then provide homework help. Work whenever you want. You must have a degree or currently be in college/university, trying to get one.
CallSource – Read Review – Logging in and listening to recorded phone conversations to check for lost deals. You can work whenever you want, but you do have daily/weekly quotas to meet. Note this position isn't always open. When it is, it's listed on their site as “DealSaver.”
Clickworker – Read Review – Short task work. Log in and work whenever you want if the work is there to do.
Amazon mTurk – Read Review – Another short task site, powered by Amazon. Log in and work anytime. There is always work to do, but you wont' always be able to find work that is worth the pay.
OneSpace – More short task work. You can work anytime if there is work to do.
Stitch Fix – Read Review – Work at home curating boxes for Stitch Fix, picking out clothes. There's a 15 hour a week minimum, but you can work them around your own schedule. They only hire in certain US locations, which vary.
Tutor.com – Read Review – Online tutoring. You can set your own schedule and tutor when you're available.
Ask Wonder – Read Review – This is work at home research, open worldwide, although it is not available in a few certain US states. You can work as much or as little as you want, anytime you want.
For even more non-phone jobs, see this page.
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I personally would like to advocate for LIVEOPS. I do this as a part time job. Commit to only 15/hrs per week. You take calls and place orders from the products “as sold on TV”. You are paid $.23 – $.50/per minute. The only investment is the headset system and a laptop. As part time, couple hrs in the am and a couple of hours on the weekends, bringing in an additional $300.mth,.
Thanks for your feedback, Dee!
Just wanted to let you know, Voter Research went out of business. I worked for them for two previous election cycles and I recently tried to get back on board, but found out they weren’t around any longer.
Thanks Nicole, I will take them off the list.
Hi there, thank you for this great list! I’d like to make one correction though. You don’t have to incorporate to work through Arise, although that’s always an option. Arise will only contract with companies, but individuals can sign up under an existing corporation and still service. My companies offers that option and we’ve been with Arise for 3 years now. You’re welcome to take a look at the job description and step by step instructions to get started on my site: http://syrovirtualservices.com/join-syro/wah/get-started/
Thanks again!
L. Passley
Came across this on Pinterest1 It’s super interesting but I was wondering if you knew about any of these kinds of jobs that hire people working from abroad? That would be really cool and useful.
You can find all of the worldwide work at home resources here – https://realwaystoearnmoneyonline.com/2014/12/where-to-look-for-worldwide-work-at-home.html
This is a great list. I still have a lot to learn about what is out there for the work at home mom. BTW, your graphics are great. I found your site through Pinterest.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and thanks for stopping by!
Demand Studios is useless now. There is never any titling work available. I don’t mean not much work, I mean NONE.
Anna, I work for a company called Stitch Fix. The majority of positions are remote, and many allow you to set your own schedule. I am a remote stylist, pretty much a personal stylist and work whenever I can. Minimum is 15 hours a week and Max is 29 unless you are on a special team or are hired full time. No phone calls involved, but they only hire in specific geographic areas.compensation is $15 hour and the company just won an award for best culture, beating out Facebook among others. Check out the careers page at StitchFix.com.
Thanks for sharing! I may do a write up on them soon.
What a great list! May I ask why you don’t mention user testing sites in your list? I’ve found them a great source of income in the past.
I think mainly because for most it’s extra money only. Have you been able to make more than extra money doing it?
I did make several hundred $s a few years ago at it. Not enough to live on, but a nice extra amount nonetheless. I don’t live in the US so I’d guess US-based workers would have even more of an opportunity to make money. (I covered this in a blogpost of mine for English-speaking expats).
Oh, and pay is on the order of $8-12 per job, and if there are enough jobs available and you’re motivated enough, you can probably do 4-5 jobs per weekday. Jobs tend to increase in the run-up to the holiday season (say, mid-Spetember).
Thanks so much for this info!
Hey Anna, would you kindly put up a list of companies offering jobs to people outside the states. I am in Kenya
Hi Rose, The resources I use to search for work at home job listings usually post only jobs for US residents, although I occasionally do find things that are open worldwide. When I find these types of listings, I always try to get them added. But unfortunately this means I don’t find much for places outside the US.
In the meantime, you can check this page I created for people living outside the US. It has some work from home resources for people living in other countries. This page will take you to the things open worldwide that are listed on my site, along with some other resources. https://realwaystoearnmoneyonline.com/2014/12/where-to-look-for-worldwide-work-at-home.html
Thanks Anna, i will check it out
Hi!
First I want to say that I love this site. Thank you for creating it. The other think I wanted to mention is that I sent an email to titlingteam@demandstudios.com and I got a mailer deamon saying the address doesn’t exist. Just wanted to let you know.
Thanks!
Toni
Thanks! I’m wondering if they aren’t planning to ever open that position up again.
Thank you for this list. I am trying to find ways to earn my income online because of medical reasons. So far I have not found anything that would replace my income. So, maybe I will have to do several different things. Anyway, thank you for all your hard work in research and testing. It is a Godsend to us all.
Thank you so much for this ms.anna ive applied to some as we speak I hope this brings more opportunities.
Thank you so much Anna!! You listed so many things I didn’t know even existed on the internet. I also use oDesk.com to make some extra money. They have full-time and part-time jobs. I would watch for scams though. I would make sure the employer has a good reputation before applying. If they ask you to work outside of oDesk DON’T DO IT! 🙂
Thanks Anna. Just stumbled across this website and it seems very helpful. I also like that it’s up to date 🙂
Such an awesome list you’ve put together, thank you so much for all your hard work!
Thank you very much for compiling this list. I am wanting add some income to the house but I do not want to work outside of the house. So thank you very much again.
No problem, good luck!
You rock Anna! This website has been a godsend! This site pulled me away from WPLH. This site is so user friendly and the reviews are so REAL and helpful.
Thank you! I’m so glad you find it helpful!
This site pulled me a way from WPLH also. That’s a good site too, but the way info is arranged was so overwhelming to me. The organization of this site is better for me.
Thanks for this, Anna! There are some I’ve seen on your list that I’ll look more into. Hopefully, the ones from those that interest me will bear fruit (fingers crossed).
Thanks again.
Cool !!!!
I have been reading alot in internet about online jobs but most of them were almost similar and not worth. But after reading this post I got lot of new ways and ideas. These are great collection. Thanks Anna for creating such a wonderful resource for us.
Wow! This is a huge and informative list. I knew most of the companies on here but there were some I never heard of before so this really helps. Thanks again! 🙂
This is a great list of sites Anna, not a big fan of Amazon mTurk though ( low pay and bad management at the website end ).
I would also add pandacashback.com affiliate program to the list as well.
If you have worked for Leapforce, Appen Butler Hill, Lionbridge or any of the other similar I would say to stay away from iSoftStone. I was asked to train with them but in the end it didn’t work out because they all use the same UHRS platform. I spent 4 hours with the project manager of iSoftStone trying to resolve a problem to be able to log in to get the training guide after 4 hours of messing about and making new accounts and log ins the issue was unresolvable and I couldn’t do the training with them. I was extremely disappointed.
I am having the same problem right now. I have been waiting to get this resolved for two weeks now and the project manager assigned to me won’t return my emails. As for the UHRS platform, it sucks. It has too many bugs and they NEVER responded to technical difficulty reports. I don’t they ever fixed them either.
Great post as always, Anna. I’ve been having a lot of success freelancing through Fiverr. It’s flexible because I decide what “gig” I offer, turn around time, etc and can turn on “vacation mode” whenever I just want a break or catch up on backlog. I can write a guest blog post about the experience if you want.
Molly
That sounds great, Molly. If you decide you want to, you can send a submission to anna (at) realwaystoearnmoneyonline (dot) com.
Thank you for another great list! I haven’t tried them yet, but italki.com looks like a flexible site to do language tutoring. I appreciate your efforts to keep the flow of Pina Colada’s in my hand uninterrupted ! 🙂
I will have to check that one out! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Anna,
I can’t THANK YOU enough for this. The only jobs/gigs I can do are the ones that allow me to log in/out whenever I can. Bookmarking this one for sure!
~Joyce
Thanks Joyce, so glad you find it helpful! I am anxious to add some more things to it — I know there are a ton of others. I try to keep lists like this updated once I make them since I know new companies pop up and old ones go out of business all the time.
Hello, do you know of any jobs available for a 17 year old?
There are lots of side earners for teens. Here’s a list – http://wp.me/p4acs9-4de