Profit efficiency isn't a net good, particularly when it involves an underclass of employees given substandard treatment who have to jump through hoops like being fired and rehired on a regular schedule to avoid admitting they're employees and giving them healthcare.
Thoughtful critique is welcome but when something becomes mechanically predictable, that's not the same thing, and when it's mechanically predictable flamewar that's particularly bad.
I will try to keep it down, there's a lot of Googlers in today's thread, and it's obvious I upset a few.
Potshots like that make things worse, and make me fear that you don't want to use HN as intended. If you keep that up we're going to end up having to rate-limit your account again.
It's not clear how you'd know how many Googlers there are in threads, and in any case taking swipes at people is against the site guidelines. Please stick to your substantive points.
There's also something about conducting a campaign against any $thing (including any $BigCo), finding fault with literally every aspect of everything they do, which is in the spirit of battle rather than curiosity, and so is against the intended use of this site. Please don't use HN for such agendas. It's tedious, and it evokes worse from others.
This is quite ridiculous.
I don't know about all the types of contractors they hire but they've sure been great to the ones that work in their cafes by paying them for the past year despite the campuses being closed.
I am sure you also outsource some aspect of your life as it's either not your core skills or expertise, similarly nothing wrong if these big tech outsource non core business aspect to contractors. In capitalist society it's government's job to set rules so that underclass employees are not exploited. Not corporations.