long hours
Grueling work schedule
Long hours refers to an extended period of work, typically beyond a standard workday.
The phrase almost always appears in contexts of labor and effort: She's been putting in long hours at the office, The job requires long hours but pays well.
Someone who works long hours dedicates more time than usual to their occupation, often implying sacrifice of personal time or strain.
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- double shiftTwo work periods consecutively
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- deadlineTime limit for completion
grind · rat race · workaholic · fatigue · stress · late nights · early mornings · burning the candle · crunch · slog · sweatshop · tiredness · dedication · hustle · shift · time clock · on the clock · nine to five
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, manual labor
- labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, worker exploitation, withheld wages
- sweatshopssweatshop labor, garment worker, garment workers, garment factories, factory workers
- work demandsdeadlines, meetings, tasks, workload, schedules
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- overtimeovertime pay, overtime rate, overtime rules, double overtime, triple overtime
long hoursreduced hours
Shortened work time
part-time · limited hours · short day · banker's hours · half day
long hourswork-life balance
Managing career and home
leisure time · free time · time off · downtime · rest
long, hours, longer, longest, longing, longingly, length, lengthen, lengthy