Not that I disagree with the complicated nature, but there is a discernible difference between the amount of business value google can extract from an employee,

Not that I disagree with the complicated nature, but there is a discernible difference between the amount of business value google can extract from an employee, versus someone changing a tire. I'm sure there has been analysis done that shows the extravagant benefits gets google more ROI from their employee hires. That would most likely not be true for other types of labor