And the contracting company certainly takes a cut of every hour Google is paying for. Assuming the security guards get the same benefits as other Googlers (and

And the contracting company certainly takes a cut of every hour Google is paying for. Assuming the security guards get the same benefits as other Googlers (and they should), I would expect that Google saves very little money, or maybe even spends more; but the guards themselves should have a much more valuable pay package without the security company skimming off the top [I don't begrudge the security company, but it does seem a nicer overall solution in this case to cut out the middle man].