> is serviced by an army of workers that wear special uniforms, are not included in the major perks
Isn't this about government (IRS et al.) categorization of contractors vs. employees and not about GOOG specifically? IIRC there is a specific reason contractors cannot receive employee perks or even participate in team morale events.
This is backwards: companies began outsourcing support functions because it was cheaper, and the reason was precisely because the contracting companies would provide worse pay and benefits than the large company provided to its own employees. The worse benefits are the point, not a side effect. Nobody's forcing companies to outsource, especially not the IRS.
Do you not think it says something, nobody much talks about google having worker-ants in uniforms? The IRS issue is why they have to wear a yellow star, yes. But the question is not that they wear the star its what the fuck is the culture which normalizes this
> Do you not think it says something, nobody much talks about google having worker-ants in uniforms?
No, not really. It says that people realize that low skill work isn't valued the same as high skill work. That's exactly what anyone with a basic understanding of economics would expect. It's not a human rights issue that people that are easier to recruit and replace aren't offered the same perks.
> wear a yellow star
This is so hyperbolic as to be offensive. Comparing people in a voluntary employment role to the victims of the holocaust is incredibly tone deaf and hysterical.
If a company insists a class of workers wear uniforms and a huge primary cohort do not, then the hyperbole is grounded in a fundamental problem. The uniform exists to mark them out. The function of the uniform is not to their benefit, it's to their detriment. The origin of the yellow star was functionally identical: mark the tainted that the righteous shall know them.
And who the cleaners and gardeners and menials are. The ones not allowed in the nice places except to clean them and get out.
Overall Google employs roughly equal number of staff and contractors, the latter are in significantly different terms of employment. The functional maintenance and service staff were an outsource, they many be an in-house now, but you would have to be in denial to pretend they are not an underclass. My visit to mountain view was an eye opener.
Isn't this about government (IRS et al.) categorization of contractors vs. employees and not about GOOG specifically? IIRC there is a specific reason contractors cannot receive employee perks or even participate in team morale events.