Salaried employees are a fixed cost. Just like we try to improve our production costs by absorbing it and spreading through more gallons/widgets, we do the sam

Salaried employees are a fixed cost. Just like we try to improve our production costs by absorbing it and spreading through more gallons/widgets, we do the same with our salaried employees. The piece that gets missed is often the useless work we do that is the real savings for the company. Instead we are not working later to get answers to some executive who demands them a day earlier than they really need them because we cut a headcount.