(verb) The inefficient practice of assigning more employees than are necessary to accomplish a task.
EXAMPLE: Because the company made the mistake of overstaffing our department, many of us have very little work to do. 公司犯了人员配备过剩的错误，我们部门很多人基本无事可做。
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putting out fires
处理、解决问题（俚语）
(SLANG) Addressing and solving problems.
EXAMPLE: Unfortunately, as a manager I don't have much time to develop new ideas, but instead I spend each day merely putting out fires. 很不幸，作为经理我没有太多时间开发新创意，我每天的工作就是解决问题。
