workload
How much work a person or group has to do in a certain time.
The total amount of tasks, duties, or responsibilities that a person or group is expected to complete within a particular period of time.
How much work a computer system or program has to do in a certain time.
The total volume of processing, tasks, or requests that a computer, server, or application is required to handle within a given period of time.
- 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.