"Work" is the weird thing in physics, I'd say is about as opposite to intuitive as you can get when introducing a concept. It's only intuitive when considering lifting an object - say, a bag of groceries. Heavier the bag, higher the lift -> more work. But then you carry that heavy bag a couple kilometers, arrive at home exhausted, only to be told by the physics teacher that you did exactly 0 work. Or in fact negative work, if upon coming home, you put the bag down.

I understand the concept myself somewhat intuitively now, but that intuition is not connected to everyday experience - it's just familiarity with a detached concept of physics!work that just is what it is, but is consistent in being that.