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Workload

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈwɜːrkloʊd/nounCore term

In business english, workload means: The amount of work that a person or a team has to do in a given period of time.

In Turkish: iş yükü

How it is used

Often discussed in one-to-ones: a heavy, light or manageable workload; reduce or share the workload. 'I have a lot on my plate' or 'I don't have the bandwidth' are softer ways to say your workload is too high.

Example sentences

  1. My workload is very heavy this month, so I can't take on the new project.

  2. We're hiring two more analysts to spread the workload.

Common collocations

  • heavy workload
  • manageable workload
  • reduce the workload
  • share the workload
  • bandwidthIn office talk, the time, energy or capacity that a person or team has available to take on more work.
  • prioritizeTo decide which tasks are most important and deal with them first, or to treat one thing as more important than others.
  • overtimeTime worked beyond your normal working hours, or the extra money paid for that time.
  • one-on-oneA regular private meeting between two people, usually a manager and a team member, to discuss work, progress, problems and development.

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