# Quote — José Saramago, All The Names

> The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each category is to do as much work as they possibly can, so that only a small part of that work need be passed to the category above. This means that the clerks are obliged to work without cease from morning to night, whereas the senior clerks do so only now and then, the deputies very rarely, and the Registrar almost never.

- Author: [José Saramago](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago.md)
- Book: [All The Names](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names.md)
- Page: 2
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago#All_the_Names_(1997)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names/the-distribution-of-tasks

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