> Google has more TVCs (temps, vendors, and contractors) than FTEs. By a good margin. Most of these people work 40 hours a week at Google. They do everything from kitchen work to program management to software engineering. They are often embedded in teams of FTEs and sit side by side with them. Yet Google leadership says that they’re not employees and they shouldn’t be. They don’t do work that’s part of Google’s “core competencies” or is “critical to Google’s mission”.
"Contractor" is not a caste. These people are not born into it, they can apply for permanent position whenever they want. Like everybody else.
> What a load of horseshit. It’s an excuse to underpay and ignore 55% of your workforce
If they can't find better paying job, then that is exactly how much they worth on the job market. It is not like google has a monopoly on "program management to software engineering" jobs in California, right?
"Contractor" is not a caste. These people are not born into it, they can apply for permanent position whenever they want. Like everybody else.
> What a load of horseshit. It’s an excuse to underpay and ignore 55% of your workforce
If they can't find better paying job, then that is exactly how much they worth on the job market. It is not like google has a monopoly on "program management to software engineering" jobs in California, right?