Identify the employee group that may deserve praise and the group that may be subject to criticism. give your reasoning. ▼ . this is reflected in the ▼ favorable sales volume variance unfavorable flexible budget variances in fixed and variable costs unfavorable static budget variance . the employee groups that deserve praise or may be subject to criticism for the total variable expenses flexible budget variance and the total fixed expenses flexible budget variance depends ▼ , as well as ▼ selling price of the units. the individual variances contributing to each of these. the individual work ethics.