staffing shortage
Not enough workers
A staffing shortage is a situation where an organization lacks enough employees to operate effectively.
The term appears frequently in healthcare, education, and service industries: The hospital closed its emergency room due to staffing shortages.
Unlike a labor shortage, which describes market-wide scarcity, staffing shortage typically refers to a specific workplace or sector struggling to fill positions.
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- hiringGiving someone work
- hiring freezeSuspension of new employment
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
- job postingAdvertised vacancy description
burnout · overtime · recruitment · turnover · two weeks notice · skeleton crew · overwhelmed · running on fumes · nurses · healthcare · retention · overworked · applicants · fill the gap · labor · workforce · stretched thin · resignations
- deficienciesdeficiency, deficit, lack, insufficiency, shortfall
- overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- logistics problemsshipping delay, late delivery, lost shipment, delayed delivery, transit delay