bitmorerightrudder
As an F/O I think it is always easy to assume, out of the two roles on the flightdeck, we have the tougher deal.
It surely can be. That depends on the crew and the Captain's pacing.
I came back off a medical and spent six months in the right seat flying with some Capts who were not hired when I checked out and some who had flown right seat with me.
The workload was quite different. It took a while to get on pace with loading the FMS, running the checks and checklists and watching while we taxied to ensure we were complying with the clearance. I saw how easy it was to overload a F/O with multiple tasks. I also understood how and what the Capt was thinking. When I returned to the left seat, I remembered the workload in the right seat and deliberately decided to slow my pacing down.
A really good crew makes it all look easy. And a crew where there are problems makes almost everything a major effort. And it often is.