rightsize

[rahyt-sahyz]

verb (used with object)

rightsized, rightsizing 

1. to adjust to an appropriate size.

   Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.

rightsize

/ ˈraɪtˌsaɪz /

verb

1. to restructure (an organization) to cut costs and improve effectiveness without ruthlessly downsizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of rightsize¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

So far, the Fed’s efforts to rightsize its asset holdings have been going according to plan, Williams said, in a speech at a central-bank conference in Frankfurt delivered Friday morning local time.

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Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek said last December about 1,500 jobs would be axed as part of "substantial action to rightsize our costs" so that the company could meet its objectives.

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"The office market... is going to have to rightsize itself and it's not done yet."

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Ek said the company had considered making smaller reductions in 2024 and 2025 instead, but “considering the gap between our financial goal state and our current operational costs, I decided that a substantial action to rightsize our costs was the best option to accomplish our objectives.”

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Spotify’s chief executive officer, Daniel Ek, wrote in a note to employees posted on the company’s website that the platform now needed to “rightsize” to account for a “very different environment.”

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