[mr_o47]

Sad to see this practice. I wonder why can’t google hire them as regular data center employees and pay them better wages.

[monkeybutton]

I don't think there is any reason why they can't, they certainly have the money for it, they simply don't want to.

[ct0]

Unfortunately there just isn't enough of an intensive to pay more for the same labor. If contractors stop making them self available for the work, they may have butter luck becoming employees.

[cloche]

Don't they end up paying more though? Modis must be making a profit on the workers so Google could, in theory, hire them directly and save money.

[rightbyte]

I got a feeling contracting firms are used mainly becouse managers don't want more managers around or they just want to hand off their work to someone else.

I mean janitors, cafeteria and cleaners used to be in-house. Maybe managers are afraid of being demoted to manage the cafeteria?

[mschuster91]

> If contractors stop making them self available for the work, they may have butter luck becoming employees.

There will always be a steady supply of people willing to work in shitty conditions because either the employer is a big name (Google) or they have no other alternative to put food on the table.

The latter aspect is why government regulation and minimum standards are the only way to prevent exploitation.

[mr_o47]

Yup I totally agree this why I was a little surprised they make huge profits why not hire them as employees

[briffle]

I have friends that have the same setup at their jobs at Intel in Portland. Its not just Google.

[jsisto]

And Intel in Folsom California