heavy workload
Excessive task burden
A heavy workload is a large amount of work that strains one's capacity to complete it.
The phrase implies being overburdened or stretched thin: She's been struggling with a heavy workload since two colleagues quit.
A workload can also be light, manageable, or crushing.
- overworkedLaboring beyond healthy limits
- burning outDepleting through overuse
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- tight deadlineImminent due date
deadline · overtime · exhausted · running on fumes · swamped · drowning · under pressure · pressure · crunch · stretched · stretched thin · overwhelmed · demanding · juggling · frantic · backlog · piling · grueling
- Work Intensitybusy, demanding, intense, grueling, exhausting
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
heavy workloadreduced workload
Fewer responsibilities to handle
downtime · idle time · free time · slow period · nothing to do
heavy workloadfree time
Unscheduled personal hours
spare time · idle hours · time off · leisure time · flexible schedule
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