I’m struggling with the use of “continuously” in the following sentence. 

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> Is it distressing to continuously finish one assignment only to be issued
>  another?
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Does it describe the act of finishing one assignment or does it describe the whole process of finishing one assignment and being immediately issued another?

I think it’s not needed, but the writer really wants to emphasize the tedious nature of the job.