too many chiefs and not enough Indians
top-heavy
understaffed
bosslessness
overtenured
underburdened
shorthanded
overclerked
undermanned
short-staffed
short-handed
overhire
too many cooks spoil the broth
lighthanded
light-handed
blobocracy
overman
underorganized
underman
understaffing
skills shortage
underorganization
ox is in the ditch
new broom
overstrength
brain drain
unled
King Log
overwork
antiboss
shape-up
unchiefly
featherbed
weak
Parkinson's law
slave-driver
micromanagement
overboarded
too many balls in the air
overemployed
bwana
chargeman
inorganization
greasy pole
nonorganization
bossyboots
departmentalitis
overstaff
top banana
rank and file
mobilized
bossdom
nonexecutive
tête montée
untenured
unbossed
bossless
outplacement
seagull manager
the organ grinder, not the monkey
honcho
palace intrigue
paperwork
point
mandarin
unemployable
extrabureaucratic
bureaucracy
hiring freeze
passivity
pseudoprofessional
bosslet
powerless
overworked
overbossy
short-staffing
unleaderly
missout
inoccupation
Herculean
amorphous
overbureaucratization
underskilled
degradement
bureaucratitis
ponophobia
headless
drudgery
unstaffed
inactive
unfilled
outlead
office
top dog
leaderly
underbusy
heavyweight
low-powered