This eyebrow-raising article in Bloomberg reveals that more than half of Google is actually not employed by Google. They’re contractors. We’re not talking about cafeteria workers and bus drivers. These are coders, engineers, managers and salespeople. This may be a sleight of hand to please Wall Street, Bloomberg points out. Google wants to appear lean and it doesn’t have to include contractors in...
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