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Judgment & ambiguity · Prioritizing without clear signal

You run several service branches and three are short-staffed heading into a busy week, but the reasons differ — one has sick calls, one has a hiring gap, one just has a demand spike. You can only shift a few floating staff. Where do they go when no branch is obviously worst off?

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You run several service branches and three are short-staffed heading into a busy week, but the reasons differ — one has sick calls, one has a hiring gap, one just has a demand spike. You can only shift a few floating staff. Where do they go when no branch is obviously worst off?

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