>About 70,000 TVCs—an abbreviation for temps, vendors and contractors—test drive Google’s self-driving cars, review legal documents, make products easier and be

>About 70,000 TVCs—an abbreviation for temps, vendors and contractors—test drive Google’s self-driving cars, review legal documents, make products easier and better to use, manage marketing and data projects, and do many other jobs. They wear red badges at work, while regular Alphabet employees wear white ones. A long time ago, Akio Morita, the legendary head of Sony, commented that, even if 4 out of 5 employees were mediocre or poorly behaving, there was 1 employee out of the 5 who was so good, so full of useful ideas and innovation, that he/she made up for the low efficiency of the others. So, Morita didn't want to try and cherry pick the employees. He kept everyone. But Google appears to be pursuing a different strategy.