diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/grammar/ParserGenerator.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/grammar/ParserGenerator.rsc
index f19c70422a6..ddfeade3d52 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/grammar/ParserGenerator.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/grammar/ParserGenerator.rsc
@@ -42,27 +42,27 @@ str getParserMethodName(conditional(Symbol s, _)) = getParserMethodName(s);
 default str getParserMethodName(Symbol s) = value2id(s);
 
 public str newGenerate(str package, str name, Grammar gr) {	
-    JOB = "Generating parser <package>.<name>";
-    jobStart("Generating parser <package>.<name>");
+    str src = "";
+    job("Generating parser <package>.<name>", void (void (str m, int w) worked) { 
     int uniqueItem = 1; // -1 and -2 are reserved by the SGTDBF implementation
     int newItem() { uniqueItem += 1; return uniqueItem; };
   
-    jobStep(JOB, "expanding parameterized symbols");
+    worked("expanding parameterized symbols", 1);
     gr = expandParameterizedSymbols(gr);
     
-    jobStep(JOB, "generating stubs for regular");
+    worked("generating stubs for regular", 1);
     gr = makeRegularStubs(gr);
     
-    jobStep(JOB, "generating syntax for holes");
+    worked("generating syntax for holes", 1);
     gr = addHoles(gr);
  
-    jobStep(JOB, "generating literals");
+    worked("generating literals", 1);
     gr = literals(gr);
     
-    jobStep(JOB, "establishing production set");
+    worked("establishing production set", 1);
     uniqueProductions = {p | /Production p := gr, prod(_,_,_) := p || regular(_) := p};
  
-    jobStep(JOB, "assigning unique ids to symbols");
+    worked("assigning unique ids to symbols", 1);
     Production rewrite(Production p) = 
       visit (p) { 
         case Symbol s => s[id=newItem()] 
@@ -70,22 +70,22 @@ public str newGenerate(str package, str name, Grammar gr) {
     beforeUniqueGr = gr;   
     gr.rules = (s : rewrite(gr.rules[s]) | s <- gr.rules);
         
-    jobStep(JOB, "generating item allocations");
+    worked("generating item allocations", 1);
     newItems = generateNewItems(gr);
     
-    jobStep(JOB, "computing priority and associativity filter");
+    worked("computing priority and associativity filter", 1);
     rel[int parent, int child] dontNest = computeDontNests(newItems, beforeUniqueGr, gr);
     // this creates groups of children that forbidden below certain parents
     rel[set[int] children, set[int] parents] dontNestGroups = 
       {<c,g[c]> | rel[set[int] children, int parent] g := {<dontNest[p],p> | p <- dontNest.parent}, c <- g.children};
    
-    //println("computing lookahead sets");
+    //println("computing lookahead sets", 1);
     //gr = computeLookaheads(gr, extraLookaheads);
     
-    //println("optimizing lookahead automaton");
+    //println("optimizing lookahead automaton", 1);
     //gr = compileLookaheads(gr);
    
-    jobStep(JOB, "printing the source code of the parser class");
+    worked("printing the source code of the parser class", 1);
     
     src =  "package <package>;
            '
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ public str newGenerate(str package, str name, Grammar gr) {
            '  <for (Symbol nont <- (gr.rules.sort), isNonterminal(nont)) { >
            '  <generateParseMethod(newItems, gr.rules[unsetRec(nont)])><}>
            '}";
-   jobEnd(JOB);
-   return src;
+    }, totalWork=9);
+    return src;       
 }  
 
 rel[int,int] computeDontNests(Items items, Grammar grammar, Grammar uniqueGrammar) {
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Monitor.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Monitor.rsc
index 7dac4ca4582..5a30bb176b7 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Monitor.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/util/Monitor.rsc
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ with a parameterized workload and the same label as the job name.
 @pitfalls{
 * additional work with ((jobTodo)) is still possible, but you have to repeat the right job label.
 }
-void job(str label, void (void (str message, int worked) step) block) {
+void job(str label, void (void (str message, int worked) step) block, int totalWork=1) {
   try {
-    jobStart(label);
+    jobStart(label, totalWork=totalWork);
     block((str message, int worked) { 
       jobStep(label, message, work=worked);
     });
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ with a parameterized workload and the same label as the job name.
 @pitfalls{
 * additional work with ((jobTodo)) is still possible, but you have to repeat the right job label.
 }
-void job(str label, void (void (int worked) step) block) {
+void job(str label, void (void (int worked) step) block, int totalWork=1) {
   try {
-    jobStart(label);
+    jobStart(label, totalWork=totalWork);
     block((int worked) { 
       jobStep(label, label, work=worked);
     });
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ with workload `1` and the same label as the job name.
 @pitfalls{
 * additional work with ((jobTodo)) is still possible, but you have to repeat the right job label.
 }
-void job(str label, void (void () step) block) {
+void job(str label, void (void () step) block, int totalWork=1) {
   try {
-    jobStart(label);
+    jobStart(label, totalWork=totalWork);
     block(() {
       jobStep(label, label, work=1);
     });
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ void job(str label, void (void () step) block) {
 * the block code does not need to remember to end the job with the same job name.
 * the job is always properly ended, even when exceptions are thrown
 }
-void job(str label, void () block) {
+void job(str label, void () block, int totalWork=1) {
   try {
-    jobStart(label);
+    jobStart(label, totalWork=totalWork);
     block();
   }
   catch x: {