Another thing. Government workers never lose money. When California government workers have taken pay cuts in the past, the pay they missed is put into a bank that they can later cash out. If they hold that bank until they retire, it is a nice investment.
Nope, that’s not how it worked last time, nor how it will work this time.
they have to take two unpaid days a month. Straight up salary reduction.
Whoever told you that “the pay they missed is put into a bank” is full of crap, or outright lying.
There are some perks that the higher up execs get, but not line workers.