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- verb Present participle of
overstaff .
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Examples
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Fidel recalled the overstaffing in the hospitals and the successful struggle to reduce this personnel.
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The reorganization follows last year's discovery of an unexpected $6 million budget shortfall in Land Use Services, which county officials attributed to poor management - namely overstaffing - amid plunging revenues.
Victorville Daily Press : Natasha Lindstrom 2010
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Balzer earlier told the committee his department was working with the National Treasury and the department of public service and administration on this "overstaffing" problem.
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"overstaffing" may be saved, through a further cutback in the working week, voluntary redundancies, and a measured reduction in outsourcing.
YBW News 2009
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Giving “insiders”—workers and managers—too much control is often thought to slow restructuring and prompt excessive wages and overstaffing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Giving “insiders”—workers and managers—too much control is often thought to slow restructuring and prompt excessive wages and overstaffing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Giving “insiders”—workers and managers—too much control is often thought to slow restructuring and prompt excessive wages and overstaffing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Giving “insiders”—workers and managers—too much control is often thought to slow restructuring and prompt excessive wages and overstaffing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The bit near the beginning on the problem in the parks department – overstaffing, no one showing up for work, lost money, poor controls, no process – particularly resonate with me.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » San Francisco: Progressive Paradise or Bankrupt Banana Republic? 2009
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The Gurkhas have managed to cut back some of their numbers since the changes to their terms and conditions, but there is still a large overstaffing because of over-recruitment," said one Whitehall source."
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