That sounds very illegal.
I think the team were “contractors” so that google could do this and sidestep other employee protections.
That definitely sounds like Google
“Do no evil”
What the fuck
Don’t, be evil!
Nowadays it’s actually “Do the right thing (for the shareholders)”
Google, a corporation: <Being Evil>
Everyone:
Very cool and very legal
You know the more I learn about this Google guy the less I like him
Not a very pleasant chap is he?
Certainly, I’d be inclined to remark that he doesn’t seem to be a terribly high-class fellow at all, really
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This is huge context. Had they been Google employees it would have been a clear case of retaliation. But in this case they’re not Google employees, and their own employer was locked in a fixed term vendor contract. I don’t believe Google has done anything wrong under these circumstances.
