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
The inspection was brought forward after a former senior call adviser for the non-emergency hotline said staff were asleep on the job.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2016
I had no difficulty in rechartering to the men who had been asleep on the job.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
