While these online jobs are flexible, many companies have peak hours at night or on the weekends when kids are out of school.

Today, an increasing number of employees work flexible schedules from a variety of locations and even share jobs. Employees like ... let employees work 40 hours in fewer than five days.

On the inside, I was stressed and burned out doing the job of three different people. I couldn't live like that for the next 50 years. I wanted to work remotely and have flexible hours ...