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True, though if you close the office and let people work from home who can do their work from home, you also don't actually need the work from food service, janitors, security, etc. You just lock the doors and tell them to stay home. (I'd say in this case Google should still ensure those people get paid, though I guess that's not a guarantee considering how they treat TVCs.)

Google doesn't even use VPN's. It's wonderful: https://thenewstack.io/beyondcorp-google-ditched-virtual-pri...

> Foodservice, janitors, and security, OTOH...

All completely unnecessary jobs when no one is in the office.