On: What I learned getting acquired by Google

[OJFord]

It's about 'demeaning' different badges, and an intern is inherently temporary, which is the T in 'TVC'.

[lazide → OJFord]

Interns always got the FTE type experience (able to eat at celebrations, got Schwag, etc!).

They weren’t temp in the same sense as T temps - which are temporary workers hired from temp agencies.

[saagarjha → lazide]

Yep. Some companies even give interns legitimate (taxable!) benefits, too, which almost no company will give their TVCs.