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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.

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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?