Google's 'two-tier' workforce

Garabito writes: A Google internal trainning document revealed how the company instructs employees on how to treat temp, vendor and contractor (TVC) workers. This includes: "not to reward certain workers with perks like T-shirts, invite them to all-hands meetings, or allow them to engage in professional development training"

"Working with TVCs and Googlers is different,” the training documentation, titled the The ABCs of TVCs, explains. “Our policies exist because TVC working arrangements can carry significant risks." The risks Google appears to be most concerned about include standard insider threats, like leaks of proprietary information, but also – and especially – the risk of being found to be a joint employer, a legal designation which could be exceedingly costly for Google in terms of benefits.