• Reasons for lawyer stress and dissatisfaction vary, but several of them are concerns in other professions too, such as time pressures and work overload.
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Work overload is one of the reasons why the two-week family vacation is becoming a thing of the past.
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overload — o‧ver‧load [ˌəʊvəˈləʊd ǁ ˌoʊvərˈloʊd] verb overloaded PASTPART or overladen PASTPART [ ˈleɪdn] [transitive] 1. to give someone more work, information etc than they can deal with: overload somebod … Financial and business terms
Work-family conflict — is “a form of interrole conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect. That is participation in the work (family) role is made more difficult by virtue of participation in the… … Wikipedia
overload — overloads, overloading, overloaded (The verb is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)lo͟ʊd[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)loʊd[/t]].) 1) VERB If you overload something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to… … English dictionary
overload — verb past participle overloaded or overladen, (T) 1 to load something with too many things (+ with): The bus was overloaded with tourists and their luggage. 2 to put too much electricity through an electrical system or piece of equipment: Don t… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Overload (Sugababes song) — Overload Single by Sugababes from the album One Touch B side … Wikipedia
overload — I verb burden, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, deluge, drench, encumber, flood, force, glut, gorge, inundate, load to excess, make heavy, oppress, overabound, overburden, overdo, overdose, overexert, overfeed, overfill, overstrain, overstuff … Law dictionary
work to excess — index overload Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
work-life overload — n. An excessive burden caused by the combined responsibilities of a person s work and personal life. Example Citations: In theory, flextime seems like an everyone wins proposition. But one person s work life balance can be another s work life… … New words
Overload (Pakistani band) — This article is about the band. For the band s self titled album, see Overload (Overload album). Overload Overload perform in a concert in Carlton Hotel, Karachi. Background information … Wikipedia
overload — o|ver|load [ˌəuvəˈləud US ˌouvərˈloud] v past participle overloaded or overladen [ ˈleıdn] [T] 1.) to put too many things or people on or into something ▪ Be careful not to overload the washing machine. be/become overloaded with sth ▪ The bus was … Dictionary of contemporary English
