[MichaelCorleone]

“They get a free vacation and still they complain.”

Exactly.

They get more than they would in the private sector, plus bennies that most of us only dream of. A couple of weeks of delayed pay causes them to go bankrupt?

If they are THAT bad at managing their money I don’t know if anything can help them.

[Blue Jays]

"...money management..."

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Many years ago there were THOUSANDS of technology workers laid-off in the private sector without warning and through no fault of their own.

I do not recall government workers rushing to provide help.
Local banks did not adjust mortgage schedules.
Those people who “got the ax” received it...permanently. They had to rebuild lives and find new jobs.

There is a historical 99.99% chance that impacted government workers will be repaid every last dime of pay.
Many in the private sector would salivate if we could get a one-month sabbatical, no fresh new workload accumulating, and a bigger-than-usual paycheck the next month.