n
(business) The competence and number of employees ready to fill vacant leadership and other positions.
n
(US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
n
More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)
v
(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
v
(of other personnel) To staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions. (Compare man (“supply with staff”).)
v
Alternative form of overhire [(intransitive) To hire too many employees.]
v
Alternative spelling of overrecruit [To recruit too many people.]
adj
Having more clerks than is needed for the amount of work to be done.
adj
Having an excessively large crew.
v
(intransitive) To heal excessively or beyond the point of normal healing, usually resulting in the formation of scar tissue.
v
(intransitive) To hire too many employees.
v
To provide with too many personnel; overstaff.
adj
Excessively manned; overstaffed
v
To recruit too many people.
n
The recruitment of too many people.
v
(transitive) To furnish with too many staff.
adj
Having too many employees who have tenure.
n
The replacement of staff.
v
To employ insufficient staff in (a facility)
n
The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.
v
(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
v
To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.
adj
(of an organization) having an excessive number of administrators or managers
n
Staff (employees) who are subordinate to other staff.
v
(transitive) To teach (someone) additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy (firing).
v
To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce.
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