冗员 (rǒng yuán) — superfluous staff; redundant personnel

Definition

Examples

• 公司最近在裁减冗员。
  Gōng sī zuì jìn zài cái jiǎn rǒng yuán.
  The company is recently cutting down on redundant staff.
• 这个部门有很多冗员，需要精简。
  Zhè ge bù mén yǒu hěn duō rǒng yuán, xū yào jīng jiǎn.
  This department has a lot of redundant staff and needs streamlining.
• 为了减少冗员，他们实行了新的政策。
  Wèi le jiǎn shǎo rǒng yuán, tā men shí xíng le xīn de zhèng cè.
  To reduce redundant staff, they implemented a new policy.