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These workers are in professions that are so short-staffed that they are more likely to complain about being overworked than about losing their jobs.
What about "overworked"?
An audit by the United States Department of Justice and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office concluded that the drug analysis staff of three was overworked, handling about 14,000 cases a year.
And what about the darker side you often hear about, where nannies are overworked and borderline abused by their charges?
Workaholics often claim that they are working so hard for the good of their family and they complain about being overworked in order to elicit admiration.
If that spread seems a little low, it is because the supercomputer that calculates Las Vegas odds (Deep Blue Velour) was last seen at a Fremont Street bar drinking gin and mumbling about being overworked.
Her behavior surprised none of us, who knew her as a diligent and compassionate physician, always with a smile on her face even as the rest of us groused about being overworked.
"Practically every family we know has at least one person out of work, about to be out of work, or unsuccessfully freelancing," she wrote, "while the other party is really miserable about being overworked and overrelied upon to support the family.
There is something comforting about being overworked.
The controllers complained about being overworked, underpaid, overstressed, and forced to work with outdated equipment.
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