asleep on the job
Example Sentences
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As this reader discovered, other fiduciaries can’t deal with the stress and are asleep on the job.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025
Other guards were asleep on the job or missing from their posts.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2020
The difference between a closely supervised human and a robot is agency and predictability—human nannies can quit, throw an unauthorized tea party, or fall asleep on the job.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2019
It was their own "incontinence, diabetes, cancer and sleep apnoea" - illustrated when the lookout fell asleep on the job.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2016
The District was his all right, but was that a reason for falling asleep on the job?
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
