Comment by ternus 3 months ago That phrase is Google's mission statement. 6 comments ternus Reply moffkalast 3 months ago I thought their mission statement was "Don't be evil", until they shortened it for practicality to just "Be evil". It's certainly how they've been behaving in recent years. netsharc 3 months ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions. crowbahr 3 months ago That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off. RNGesus83 3 months ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 3 months ago I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides satvikpendem 3 months ago Motto, not mission statement.
moffkalast 3 months ago I thought their mission statement was "Don't be evil", until they shortened it for practicality to just "Be evil". It's certainly how they've been behaving in recent years. netsharc 3 months ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions. crowbahr 3 months ago That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off. RNGesus83 3 months ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 3 months ago I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides satvikpendem 3 months ago Motto, not mission statement.
netsharc 3 months ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions.
crowbahr 3 months ago That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off.
RNGesus83 3 months ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 3 months ago I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides
culi 3 months ago I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides
I thought their mission statement was "Don't be evil", until they shortened it for practicality to just "Be evil". It's certainly how they've been behaving in recent years.
It's now "Don't be evil*"
* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions.
That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off.
They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing".
I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides
Motto, not mission statement.