Further, lower-level employees have power bases of their own - knowledge and skills - not shared by those higher in the hierarchy.

For some lower-level employees, the collapse of the firm means more than just lost wealth.

She has many admirers within the Justice Department, particularly among lower-level employees.

It is lower-level employees who keep customers satisfied - or drive them away.

Their pay has been increased by much more than the middle- and lower-level employees.

Initially lower-level employees in the auditing business and administration will be most affected, he said.

A couple of lower-level employees are the voices of black solidarity.

In both cases, lower-level employees still remain to actually do the business of diplomacy.

Largely, however, lower-level employees are needed because customers want to talk to people.

Several lower-level employees have also been suspended from their normal duties, this person said.