workloads

Assigned duties collectively

Workloads are the amounts of work assigned to or expected from a person, team, or system.

The term appears frequently in professional and computing contexts: The new hires should help distribute the workload more evenly.

In technology, workload often refers to the computational demands placed on hardware or software: The server struggled under heavy workloads.

tasks

assignments

Allocated duties or tasks

deliverables · obligations · commitments · tickets · cases · requests · orders · jobs · activities · operations

management

planning

Arranging for future events

coordination · allocation · monitoring · tracking · automation · optimization · streamlining · forecasting · assessment · oversight

stress

burnout

Chronic occupational depletion

fatigue · strain · tension · overwork · crunchtime · deadline · anxiety · frustration · insomnia · irritability

balance

distribution

Allocation across recipients

evenness · apportionment · adjustment · optimization · equalization · redistribution · leveling · sharing · spreading · fairness

heavy

overwhelming

Intensely excessive in force

grueling · arduous · taxing · onerous · laborious · strenuous · intensive · unmanageable · oppressive · backbreaking

light

manageable

Able to be controlled

basic · streamlined · lightweight · casual · flexible · relaxed · reduced · moderate · reasonable · sustainable

Opposites
burden/demand

workloadsidleness

State of doing nothing

free time · downtime · slack · leisure · respite

activity type

workloadsleisure time

Unscheduled waking hours

leisure · free time · recreation · relaxation · play

Phrases
Family

workload

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