novaqt,
No offense taken. I just take up the cause against any possible stereotyping of management as a whole. The term management employee at UA refers to thousands of people who perform vital functions for the company. Are there some lazy, malcontents? Absolutely. But you can bet that many of them were part of the furloughs from last year. And yes, fortunately they were. If people have to be furloughed, I am all in favor of letting go the non-performers and trouble makers first. It's a shame that it can't be done across the board. However, in many cases, seniority protects the lazy. But management employees don't have that luxury. So there's a bit more incentive to do your job to the best of your ability because you never know when you'll get that tap on the shoulder.
Hopefully we'll get this ship righted and become prosperous again so that down the road, when the economy rebounds, more opportunities will be present for all of us to take advantage of.