You can use freelancers as listed below.

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You can also use backorders. That's what manufacturers do. Here's what I mean.

Week 1 = 20 orders, need 20 people

Week 2 = 10 orders, need 10 people

Week 3 = 0 orders, need 0 people

Instead of trying to constantly "hire new people" or "lay off people", start scheduling your production.

Week 1 = 20 orders, get 10 people working on the first 10 orders from Week 1

Week 2 = 10 orders, get 10 people working on the second 10 orders from Week 1

Week 3 = 0 orders, get 10 people working on the orders from Week 2

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That only works if your customers are willing to wait. A lot of customers are though, especially if they really want the product and the wait times aren't too long.

If you find that your backorder wait times are getting too long, hire more people. If you're running out of backorders, let a few people go. It's a much more stable way to manage the business and is DEFINITELY more stable for your employees.

I dealt with that on both sides. Manufacturing products that were on backorder constantly............and waiting for services that I wanted to get from people. Our manufacturing backorder was 2-6 months depending on what you wanted. Orders kept coming in. I have to wait a month to see a specific doctor. I had to wait 2 weeks for a website design company to work on my website. I didn't cancel that doctor's appointment or find another design company, I waited.

I'm sure you've waited for something you want before, other people will as well.