University of Wisconsin-La Crosse biology professor Anne Galbraith typically uses the day after Thanksgiving to grade 40 to 80 six-page papers on the genetics of fruit flies.
Forcing her this year to take the day off without pay as part of mandatory state employee furloughs only pushes the workload to another day, she said Tuesday.
â??If we donâ??t work one day, we have to work twice as hard the next day to finish it,â? she said.â??If they would call it a pay cut, that would be a little more honest.â?