Re:Accused of underpaying women, Google says it's too expens...
by tzs on Saturday May 27, 2017 @12:07PM
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> [...] but can't do what would be a simple SQL statement for most companies?
Would they actually be able to do that? Google has offices in many cities in many states, and in many countries. Different offices could be subject to different rules and regulations and reporting requirements when it comes to handling payroll. This could require that they keep different information in their system depending on where the employee works.
I'd guess that it might be cleaner and more robust to have separate systems in each office or region that keep this data for the relevant employers, rather than having one central system that is designed to store the union of everything anyplace Google might open an office requires.
It seems plausible to me that all they have in some central system is broad aggregate information, such as the total payroll for each office or region, with all the interesting details distributed.
Would they actually be able to do that? Google has offices in many cities in many states, and in many countries. Different offices could be subject to different rules and regulations and reporting requirements when it comes to handling payroll. This could require that they keep different information in their system depending on where the employee works.
I'd guess that it might be cleaner and more robust to have separate systems in each office or region that keep this data for the relevant employers, rather than having one central system that is designed to store the union of everything anyplace Google might open an office requires.
It seems plausible to me that all they have in some central system is broad aggregate information, such as the total payroll for each office or region, with all the interesting details distributed.