right-size
Adjust workforce properly
Right-size is corporate jargon for reducing a workforce or organization to what management considers optimal size.
The term emerged as a euphemism for layoffs, framing cuts as rational adjustment rather than loss: The company right-sized its operations after the merger.
The word implies the previous size was wrong, lending an air of inevitability to job elimination.
Remove unnecessary elements
- leanLacking fat; incline
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- productivityOutput relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
resourceful · agile · scalability · workflow · allocation · benchmarking · metrics · performance
Mass job eliminations
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- outplacementJob-search help for terminated employees
- headcountTotal of individuals present
attrition · furloughs · cutbacks · reductions · termination · workforce · restructuring · consolidation
Scaled to fit properly
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- suitableProper for purpose
- alignedArranged in proper position
- calibratedAdjusted for accuracy
matched · scaled · adjusted · tailored · optimal · balanced · fitting · configured
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- leanLacking fat; incline
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- productivityOutput relative to input
optimization · resourceful · agile · scalability · workflow · allocation · benchmarking · metrics · performance · utilization
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- outplacementJob-search help for terminated employees
headcount · attrition · furloughs · cutbacks · reductions · termination · workforce · restructuring · consolidation · redeployment
proportionate
Scaled to fit properly
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- suitableProper for purpose
- alignedArranged in proper position
calibrated · matched · scaled · adjusted · tailored · optimal · balanced · fitting · configured · dimensioned
right-sizebloat
Swell abnormally
overstaff · overexpand · oversize · overgrow · understaff
right-sizesprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
metastasize · mushroom · proliferate · run amok · overbuild
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