workload
amount of work to be done
How much work a person or group has to do in a certain time.
[someone]'s workload; a [adjective] workload
- Her workload has doubled since two colleagues left the team.
- We need to hire more staff to cope with the growing workload.
- Teachers are complaining about their increasing workload and long hours.
- I've been given an unrealistic workload for this month.
- To prevent burnout, the manager reviewed everyone's workload and reassigned some tasks.
- My workload is very heavy this week.
- He wants a job with a smaller workload.
- The new employee will help reduce our workload.
- Students often have a big workload before exams.
- She is stressed because her workload is too high.
amount of processing for a system
How much work a computer system or program has to do in a certain time.
system workload; workload on [a server]
- The new server can handle a much higher workload than the old one.
- We moved part of the workload to the cloud to improve performance.
- During peak hours, the database workload increases dramatically.
- The team is working on tools for automated workload management.
- To avoid downtime, they distributed the workload across multiple data centers.
- This server has a very high workload during the day.
- We need another machine to share the workload.
- The program failed because the workload was too heavy.
- They use three servers to balance the workload.
- At night, the system workload is very low.
- Base: workload
- Plural: workload, workloads
heavy workload
1a lot of work to do
When a person has a lot of work to do, often more than is comfortable.
- She left the job because of the heavy workload and stress.
- Nurses often face a heavy workload during the winter months.
- The company hired more staff to reduce the heavy workload on the team.
light workload
1not much work to do
When a person does not have very much work to do.
- It's the end of the semester, so the teachers finally have a light workload.
- He enjoys the light workload in his new job, even though the pay is lower.
- During the holiday season, our department usually has a light workload.
manage your workload
1organize and control your work
To plan and organize your tasks so that you can finish your work without too much stress.
- If you learn to manage your workload better, you will feel less stressed.
- The course teaches students how to manage their workload during exams.
- Talk to your supervisor if you are struggling to manage your workload.
reduce the workload
1make the amount of work smaller
To make the amount of work smaller, usually to help people feel less tired or stressed.
- We hired an assistant to reduce the workload on the senior staff.
- Automating data entry can significantly reduce the workload.
- The manager reduced the workload for new employees during their first month.
share the workload
1divide work among people
To divide the work so that more than one person helps to do it.
- If we share the workload, we can finish this project by Friday.
- Parents should share the workload of housework and childcare.
- The team agreed to share the workload more fairly.
spread the workload
1distribute work more evenly
To move tasks to different people or times so that the work is more balanced.
- We need to spread the workload across the week instead of doing everything on Monday.
- The manager spread the workload among several teams to avoid burnout.
- To spread the workload, they rotated staff between busy and quiet departments.