work overload
Too many assignments
Work overload is having more tasks or responsibilities than can reasonably be handled in the available time.
The term appears in workplace discussions about burnout and stress: The department's work overload led to three resignations.
Someone experiencing work overload faces not just heavy workload but an unsustainable one—the sense that demands exceed capacity.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- burning the candleExhausting oneself completely
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
overwhelm · drowning · swamped · pressure · fatigue · crunch · overtime · backlog · juggling · stretched · frazzled · hustle · grind · demands · inbox · inbox zero · meetings · multitasking
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
- overloadoverwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out, glut
- workplace conflictbullying, harassment, hostile environment, intimidation, mobbing
- mental limitsmental fatigue, attention span, capacity limit, brain fog, mental effort
work overloadreduced workload
Fewer responsibilities to handle
underwork · underload · slack time · downtime · free time
work overloadwork-life balance
Managing career and home
leisure time · downtime · free time · relaxation · underwork
work overloadunderemployment
Insufficient use of labor capacity
unemployment · idleness · boredom · joblessness · inactivity
work, overload, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable, unworkable