Google reportedly retracts offers to thousands of contract and temp workers

According to a Friday report from Google, Google has withdrawn offers to more than 2,000 people who have agreed to work for the search giant as temporary or contract employees The New York Times. According to reports, Google emailed the contract agencies last week that there would be no new starters “on board”.

Last month, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that this would be the case slow down the pace of hiring for the rest of 2020 as the company deals with the economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

A Google spokesman on Friday affirmed that the company will not “hire as many new employees – full-time and temporarily – as planned at the beginning of the year,” but will continue to “hire” this search giant in a number of strategic areas. “

At least half of the technology giant’s workforce is usually temporary known in the company as TVCs (Temporary worker, seller and contractor). Google has taken a number of steps to protect these employees and announced it would do so in March continue to pay hourly workers like chefs and caretakers, although the company’s offices are closed. Google also said it was extending contracts with some TVCs whose projects were scheduled to end around the time the blockade began.

Some people whose offers were withdrawn agreed to work for Google before the corona virus hit the U.S. and had their start dates rescheduled. According to reports, they were not paid during this time and released without financial compensation.