overmanned
Excess crew aboard
Overmanned describes a situation where more workers or crew are assigned than necessary to perform the work at hand.
It applies to ships, military units, factories, or any operation where staffing exceeds what efficiency requires.
The factory was overmanned, with three workers doing a job that needed one.
The opposite condition is undermanned.
British English sometimes spells it overmanned with one n.
Amount exceeding requirement
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overcapacityBeyond maximum capacity
oversupply · glut · superfluous · overstaffed · top-heavy · padded · swollen · inflated
Using resources carelessly
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- inefficientPoor at using resources
- squanderedCarelessly used up
- misallocatedImproperly distributed or assigned
redundant · underutilized · idle · featherbedding · bureaucratic · sluggish · costly · burdensome
Providing personnel for positions
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- employeesPaid staff members
- crewWorking team aboard
labor · payroll · workforce · human resources · staff · hands · workers · team
Mass job eliminations
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- rightsizingOptimizing employee numbers
streamlining · consolidation · attrition · severance · furlough · reduction · trimming · retrenchment
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
overcapacity · oversupply · glut · superfluous · overstaffed · top-heavy · padded · swollen · inflated · excessive
wasteful
Using resources carelessly
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- inefficientPoor at using resources
- squanderedCarelessly used up
misallocated · redundant · underutilized · idle · featherbedding · bureaucratic · sluggish · costly · burdensome · unsustainable
staffing
Providing personnel for positions
crew · labor · payroll · workforce · human resources · staff · hands · workers · team · roster
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
rightsizing · streamlining · consolidation · attrition · severance · furlough · reduction · trimming · retrenchment · outsourcing
overmannedundermanned
Insufficient personnel available
understaffed · shorthanded · short-staffed · short-handed · lean