Or they worry they won't be able to cope with the backlog of work waiting for them after a vacation.

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So instead of commiserating with your co-workers, provide a positive example by plowing through your backlog of work and maintaining an optimistic attitude.

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But for the first time in four years, Scottish businesses are reporting their backlog of work rose, albeit weakly, for the first time in four years.

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Northrop wants to spin off or sell its shipbuilding unit, which despite having a huge backlog of work has struggled to match the returns in other areas.

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"We have an eight-month backlog of work, " Dawson says.

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However, 130 flights were cancelled on Saturday and Sunday as the airline attempted to clear a backlog of maintenance work.

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The prosecution said a backlog of essential work had been allowed to accumulate, and claimed the rail had been identified for repair 21 months earlier.

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It also found staff numbers at the UK Border Agency had been cut "too quickly", causing a backlog of immigration case work which resulted in some of the employees having to be re-hired.

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On the other hand, it's going to take a long time to work through this backlog, this oversupply of homes that we have.

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But it now has a backlog of some 120, 000 cases - if it continues to work at its present pace, it would take 46 years to clear them, our correspondent says.

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