upstaff
v. To increase the size of a company's workforce.
Examples
1999
The branch needed an additional sales manager in the office, sources explained, as it looks to upstaff by 20 producers in the coming year.
—JH, “Oppenheimer hires Smith Barney's Harris for midtown branch expansion,” Securities Week, January 01, 1999
1996
Samsung is planning to upstaff and move its West Coast offices, currently located in Orange County, to Century City.
—Rex Weiner & Michael Williams, “Samsung, Milchan pact,” Daily Variety, February 29, 1996
1988 (earliest)
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.
—Gary Webb, “Health ministry accused of strikebreaking,” The Globe and Mail (Canada), December 31, 1988
Filed Under
layoffs and firings
Posted: February 02, 1999