workload

or work load

[ wurk-lohd ]

noun

1. the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.

workload

/ ˈwɜːkˌləʊd /

noun

1. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of workload¹

First recorded in 1940–45; work + load

Example Sentences

Gowrappan said that flexibility is one key component or input of a solid mental health strategy, including trusting employees to manage their own workloads and their personal lives.

From Digiday

For groups like Bonding Against Adversity and Hmong Innovating Politics, which were already under-resourced before the pandemic, these changes will only add to their immediate workload.

From FiveThirtyEight

In fact, some employees are compounding their own stress by hoarding paid time off, saving it for a time when a vacation can feel like a true break or feeling guilty about using it when workloads have changed and increased.

From Fortune

These “purpose-built” databases can handle workloads with much greater efficiency and speed than the monolithic, do-everything machines of the past.

From MIT Technology Review

A survey in June by Peking University of more than 5,000 urban residents, who were employed at the start of the crisis in December, found that 11 percent had lost their jobs and 10 percent had zero or an inadequate workload.

From Ozy

This means that the workload on other soldiers increases and that they have less vacation time and more responsibility.

From The Daily Beast

But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, most cite the workload of the DC Circuit as a reason to maintain the vacancies.

From The Daily Beast

If she doubles her workload, however, she makes just £6 more.

From The Daily Beast

They can't have small car service operators, he says, because it would up the commission's workload.

From The Daily Beast

Now, what kind of a workload do your agents have on an average?

From Project Gutenberg

The increase anticipates greater administrative workload and higher grants to match increasing State payments.

From Project Gutenberg

Mechanization and specialization of the family farm did not necessarily lighten the farmer's workload.

From Project Gutenberg