work duties
Professional assigned obligations
Work duties are the tasks and responsibilities assigned to a job or position.
The phrase appears most often in formal contexts—job descriptions, employment contracts, performance reviews: Her work duties include managing client accounts and training new staff.
Someone who neglects their work duties fails to do what their role requires.
- task managementCoordinating duties and deadlines
- to-do listPending tasks, itemized
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- daily grindWearisome regular routine
account management · analytical reasoning · performance evaluation · annual review · audits · obligations · accountability · workload · heavy lifting · nine to five · punch the clock · teamwork · team meeting · brainstorming · graphic design · technical expertise · ethical standards · job description
- job responsibilitiesjob duties, routine tasks
- monastic lifecelibacy, cloister, habit, vespers, obedience
work dutiesfree time
Unscheduled personal hours
leisure activities · personal freedom · recreation · personal time · hobbies
work dutiesrest
Cessation of activity
idleness · relaxation · inactivity · doing nothing · time off
work dutiesshirking
Avoiding obligatory tasks
dereliction · slacking · goofing off · malingering · absenteeism