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by tuukkah 1773 days ago
If a recession caused Google to run out of money, the pay cuts could be justified much better, but that's not the situation at hand.

I think the ethics (and legality?) of arbitrary pay cuts go hand in hand with arbitrary firings: cutting a salary to $1 is essentially the same as a firing. Legality then would logically depend on whether the employment contract is under a state jurisdiction with at-will employment or if there is a requirement of a just cause.