there was supposed to be an 80-day limit, but thousands of workers are collecting far more money than they re supposed to at retirement. a prison doctor, cashing in 2 1/2 years worth of days, took home nearly $600,000. that s a prison doctor. look at this one. this is a parole agent. he received more than $268,000, after banking three years of time off. the state contributed $294 million in these departure payments last year. fourteen thousand full-time workers took lump sum payments, and 29 percent received checks of more than 80 days of pay. leslie page is spokesperson for citizens against government waste. leslie, what is going on in california? why are they paying out $294 million in these unused vacation days? good morning, alisyn. california is our greece. that s what s going on. california is completely out of control.
work. if you re needed to fight a fire or something critical but instead, they re running off the clock. last year, this paid something like $300 million in departure payments in california many you got to stop that. that s crazy. all right. if you re trying to balance the budget and trying to tighten your belt, this might be a way. you know jay wisicer? he s the department of forestry, he worked there for 37 years. he says he s battled hard floods and fires. he made $295,000 in his exit package along with whatever pension he has. but he said look, i ll defend it. i worked 80 hours a week. i would just take the overtime and just say you keep your days because he knew down the road he d get it. so many teachers, workers are getting laid off because they can t afford to pay them in california. so people are retiring with $600,000 paychecks but yet, other people are getting laid off. that s the counter that he s she s not attacking me, right? no, it s not towards you. it s to