I've been interviewing at Adobe (strange but true) -- my interviewer said the shutdowns force people to use up their vacation pay. In CA, when you lay someone

I've been interviewing at Adobe (strange but true) -- my interviewer said the shutdowns force people to use up their vacation pay. In CA, when you lay someone off, you have to pay them all their accrued vac. pay, which could add up to several months. The issue is that this is a liability on their books, which can affect their earnings as a public co. No idea if this is really the reason or just what the top brass say to the worker bees.