maximillianos - 1:20 pm on Nov 27, 2008 (gmt 0)

It's interesting that Google apparently chooses to chop those non-employee "workers". Many compaines in the past chose to replace a lot of their full employees with temporary "workers".

A good observation. I would guess it is because they invest so much in hiring good employees that they see them as more of a critical part of their success rather than an expense. Most companies don't view employees this way, most companies think us employees as just a line of an expense sheet.

If they can avoid laying off actual employees, bravo to them.