← Back to context Comment by ternus 3 days ago That phrase is Google's mission statement. 6 comments ternus Reply moffkalast 2 days 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 2 days ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions. crowbahr 2 days 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 2 days ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 2 days 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 2 days ago Motto, not mission statement.
moffkalast 2 days 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 2 days ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions. crowbahr 2 days 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 2 days ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 2 days 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 2 days ago Motto, not mission statement.
netsharc 2 days ago It's now "Don't be evil*"* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions.
crowbahr 2 days 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 2 days ago They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing". culi 2 days 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 2 days 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.