upstaff

present singular third person upstaffs · participle present upstaffing · participle past upstaffed · past upstaffed

1. To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce.

   “I see merit in upstaffing Thea,” Gideon said.

   2001, Karen Sandler, Eternity, →ISBN, page 39

   3 more examples

   Samsung is planning to upstaff and move its West Coast offices, currently located in Orange County, to Century City.

   1996 February 29, Rex Weiner, Michael Williams, “Samsung, Milchan pact”, in Daily Variety

   Mr. Armes said “a decision by the ministry to upstaff the service it operates in Brampton was a key factor” in the negotiators’ decision to recommend the new offer.

   1988 December 31, Gary Webb, “Health ministry accused of strikebreaking”, in The Globe and Mail (Canada)

   Meanwhile, David and I upstaffed the spare and pulled two people out of a rollover at the Minnewanka Interchange.

   2016, Graeme Pole, Siren Call, →ISBN