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Because Microsoft were (are) evil, and they tried to market themselves as being different. They are not.
by some_account 8y ago
Because Microsoft were (are) evil, and they tried to market themselves as being different.
They are not.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoBut going out of your way to say you are definitely not evil just makes you come across like this: < https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YmDcCpD1gc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YmDcCpD1gc > So in a sense, if you get past an age of naivety and if you don’t want a Google job purely for self-interested gain, then Google’s approach has always fallen on deaf ears. I guess their recent actions have just made it more obvious in the mainstream.
- timrichard 8y agoGoing out of your way to say it? People act as if it's always been a tagline below the corporate logo on every Google webpage and communication. From what I've read, it was a half-joking contribution from Paul Buchheit in the early days, when they were brainstorming about what the company ethos could be. It apparently caught on internally with staff. I'm personally glad that it's been dropped, because it's overblown and it feels like the whole thing has been tedious forever. Any large and highly profitable company will be doing something 'evil' in the estimation of someone who's looking for it.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoYou’re suggesting that a big multinational corp just leaves phrases in its public-facing motto, or in heavily vetted handbook materials, by accident, or as a joke, or on a whim? In my experience, absolutely nothing gets into a handbook or a code of conduct unless you go waaay out of your way to put it there, through legal & compliance, HR, senior leadership teams, etc. There’s zero chance Google treats this like a cheeky wink.