Rick Is Excited That His Engineering Staff Will Soon Be

Rick is excited that his engineering staff will soon be very busy, in fact overloaded, with new project work. He immediately begins to review options for addressing his labor deficit, including

A) hiring new employees, demoting current employees so that more attractive positions will be available to new hires, and outsourcing work to contractors.
B) hiring new employees, promoting current employees to new positions, and outsourcing work to contractors.
C) instituting a hiring freeze, promoting current employees to boost morale, and laying off excess staff.
D) hiring new employees, promoting current employees to new positions, and laying off excess staff.
E) instituting a hiring freeze, reducing salaries to be cost competitive, and outsourcing work to contractor.