On the other hand, some salaried employees would do well to consider that the hourly employees are very important to the success of the company, too. Salaried employees may not be able to SEE what the hourly employees are doing either.

Hourly employees look at the same four walls every day while the salaried ones who are out of the building have the benefit of a change of scenery. I understand that one company encouraged its traveling employees to return to the office with an attitude of appreciation for the change of scenery. Don’t gripe because you “had to go away.” You had a change of pace, even for a one-day seminar, and the rest of the group stayed behind to do the usual work.

If salaried employees would appreciate the hourly employees as part of the team, just imagine how well we could all get along!