HONOLULU -- Many state workers are upset about the furloughs, since they amount to essentially a 14-percent pay cut, but they also worry the public will face service reductions when departments and offices are closed three days a month.

Some employees told KITV they are looking for part-time jobs to make up the drop in pay they will experience from the furloughs.

While most state employees KITV spoke with oppose the furloughs, a few said the lost days are better than layoffs.

"I feel it's unfair. I feel that we should not be carrying the burden of the problems that the state has, period," Department of Labor and Industrial Relations employee Blas Silva said.

"Do you think that it's fair that you're sharing some of the burden?" KITV reporter Keoki Kerr asked.

"Well, we're carrying the whole burden, if this thing goes through," Silva said.

"Compared to the alternatives of layoffs, I think the furlough is a reasonable way to go. Personally, my own personal situation, I'd rather have a job than not," Department of Labor and Industrial Relations employee Jeremy Low said.

The governor said she knows some state employees are looking for part-time work to make up for losing some of their pay.

"It's easy for the governor to say, yeah, they can get another job. Where? I work in the employment office, I know how difficult it is," Silva said.

Silva is a disabled veterans specialist with the at state labor department. He worries what out-of-work veterans will do with his office closed three business days a month.

"The clientele that we service, they're not going to be getting the services -- the veterans that are coming out, the veterans who are looking for employment, the veterans that are looking for some kind of training. If this goes through, the office is going to be closed," Silva said.

Feliberto Eder, 65, said he may retire sooner than planned, because the furloughs will cut his pay so much he may get more income in retirement.

"That's a burden to us, because I'm paying mortgage, I'm paying my new car. I pay everything," Eder said.

Some workers said the furloughs are not so bad.

"Considering the alternatives, which is the layoffs, I think a lot of people would prefer the furloughs," Daniel Young said.

Employees who work in the state's unemployment office, who asked not to be identified, said their furloughs make no sense, since all their salaries are reimbursed by the federal government. Unemployment workers said they are already backed up because unemployment is at a 30-year high.

Those employees are working six days a week and overtime on weekdays to process unemployment checks. They said they worry the department will fall further behind with the three-day a month furlough.