staff shortage
Not enough workers
A staff shortage is a situation where an organization lacks enough employees to operate effectively.
The term appears in discussions of healthcare, education, and service industries: The hospital closed its emergency room due to a staff shortage.
Staff shortages may result from hiring difficulties, resignations, or increased demand for services.
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- hiringGiving someone work
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- running on fumesFunctioning despite exhaustion
- mandatory overtimeRequired work beyond standard hours
now hiring · overtime · vacancy · overworked · recruitment · turnover · skeleton crew · exhaustion · nurses · stretched thin · help wanted · resignation · retention · crisis · overwhelmed · all hands on deck · backfill · temp
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
- school closuressnow day, school closure, blizzard, winter storm, ice storm
- shortages
- staffingturnover rates, hiring, personnel, layoff, manpower
- staffing problemsvacancies, turnover, layoffs, attrition, hiring freeze
- workplace issuesturnover, layoffs, understaffing, low morale, harassment
staff shortageoverstaffing
Surplus of workers
redundancy · layoffs · downsizing · workforce reduction · hiring freeze
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