California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks to its ancient COBOL payroll system

Re:California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks t... by maximilian on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @10:46PM (#268156)

California is awful big and has a ton of people in it. I'm not entirely convinced that California considers itself a country but just hasn't told anyone yet. They do everything different here and even check you at the state borders.

177 million does seem like a lot though.

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Re:California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks t... by dfranke on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @10:50PM (#268157)

> and even check you at the state borders.

What are you talking about? I live in California, have been in and out a great number of times, and have never encountered anything of the sort. Besides, it would be unconstitutional.

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Re:California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks t... by lacker on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @12:04AM (#268208)

When I first came to California I was driving west on I-80 and I was stopped at the Nevada border. But they just asked if I had any plants or animals in the car and when I said no they left me alone. Apparently they are very concerned about invasive species. Hawaii is similar.

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Re:California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks t... by tobyo on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @12:40AM (#268229)

At night, there are border patrol stops coming into CA from AZ and within the state heading north to Los Angeles from San Diego.

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Re:California can't give state employees a pay cut, thanks t... by curiousgeorge on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @12:19AM (#268218)

Considering the complexity of the system, it doesn't seem like that much. Remember that staff at the UCal systems (7 schools now?) are all state employees. A single college would probably be paying in the tens of millions for a new payment system created from scratch at market rates.

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