The 20-plus members of the “Tonight Show” staff who were fired by NBC last week due to budget cuts, quickly landed on their feet when they were hired by their former boss, Jay Leno, to wash his massive car collection.

“The only thing I love more than my employees are my cars,” Leno told Hollywood & Swine from inside the massive garage that holds 100 of his cars and 90 motorcycles. “This is a win-win situation for everyone. Hopefully, my former ‘Tonight Show’ staff will still be able to feed their families while keeping my cars really clean.”

According to an NBC source, the laid off “Tonight Show” employees were initially excited to learn they were getting fired, believing they’d be generously compensated by the network, the same way Conan O’Brien was when he received a $45 million severance package when he left the “Tonight Show” in 2010. But unfortunately for the fired workers, the only compensation the network offered was the first season of “Whitney” on DVD and a free two-month cable subscription to Comcast, the parent company of NBC.

“We should have gotten hazard pay for having to sit through Leno’s monologues all these years,” said one laid-off employee who asked to remain anonymous.

NBC has revealed the layoffs are only the beginning to the cost cutting efforts on the “Tonight Show.” Other moves soon to be implemented include replacing the “Tonight Show” band with an iPod and speakers, and substituting the free food in the green room with vending machines stocked with items for which the celebrity guests will have to pay.