Internal discussions were sparked, employees say, by a recent letter sent Google CEO Sundar Pichai by ten US Senators.
Google employees have flocked to internal message boards to demand fair treatment and full-time status for the company's sizable population of temporary and contract workers, two current employees have told Business Insider.sent to its CEO Sundar Pichai by ten US Senators, which urged Google to transition temporary workers to full-time status.
The search giant has come under sharp criticism over the past year for its widespread practice of hiring so-called TVCs — temporary, vendor, and contract workers. TVCs now account for the majority of Google's overall workforce, "Making these changes to your company's employment practices will ensure equal treatment of all Google works and put an end to the two-tier employment structure you have perpetuated," the letter read, as first reported byOn internal message boards, one current Googler said that employees are questioning the company's response to the Senators' letter, which was penned by Eileen Naughton, Google's VP of People Operations.
Still, employees within Google are objecting to the company's main reasoning for employing a temporary workforce — which has been to remain flexible and only bring on help during projects when needed. "Eventually we could all have as few rights as the employee with the least rights," the employee said."There's no reason why Google couldn't decide to hire more software engineers as temps to limit their ability to, for instance, protest company policies."Thank you for your letter inquiring about our workforce.
Google engages only a handful of independent contractors, mainly when we want to bring in highly specialized expertise that a particular individual holds - e.g., scientists with certain specialized domain knowledge. Independent contractors comprise 0.5% of our total workforce and we independently vet all of our independent contractors to ensure they meet the requirements of a 1099 worker.
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