><quote> >The massive pay cut would exhaust the state's antiquated payroll system, >which is built on a Vietnam-era computer language so outdated that many >college students don't even bother to learn it anymore. >
Being in Government for 40 years I have never heard of any government payroll system, no matter how old it is, not being able to be updated when there is a pay raise (i.e. new pay tables). Been doing this for years and years. So in California, to update a salary with a pay decrease is not possible without reprogramming the entire system. Sounds like a very interesting coding technique which was employed in the beginning and designed for the future; oh yes, this is California or maybe it is some excuse. Sounds like the time to hire a consultant to do a study, do nothing until it is completed in a year or two; what'a plan. jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
