But they don’t emphasize it or mention it officially during orientation. It was only mentioned during one of the smaller tech trainings facilitated by a longtime Googler. To paraphrase their words, “I’m not sure why we don’t say this anymore.”

So the statement that it’s really not a slogan anymore is quite true from my experience.

I was at Google (off and on) from 2007-2019. The company has definitely backed away from it both officially and unofficially.

Correct.

Checks out, as of September 2020: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

> No Retaliation

> Google prohibits retaliation against any worker here at Google who reports or participates in an investigation of a possible violation of our Code, policies, or the law. If you believe you are being retaliated against, please contact Ethics & Compliance.

Well, it is safe to say this is hot garbage then.

I would love Google to remove all the self entitled BS from this statement, so they can act as an everyday faceless big company which is anyway what it is doing, not some moral beacon for the mass to look up to.

The statement exists only to generate traffic for the news outlet for spinning.