When I found my major company it will have the word Evil somewhere in it's name. I believe in truth in advertising. If you are an evil mastermind bent on world domination you should let people know. If not in the title than in the mission statement. I think my companies mission statement will be "An evil company bent on world domination."

Of course, that is all a jest. There is no way I am actually working on world domination. Really. I swear.

The problem is, the truly evil companies don't put evil in their names. They roll with names like Haliburton and Coco-Cola. Check out this very interesting article on the 14 most evil companies in the world. It's a little mind blowing, especially companies that appear to be benign. I found another interesting article about whether people can be happy working for an evil company or not. Somehow the idea of working in a slaughterhouse or a factory making land mines strikes me a bit on the depressing side.

Talking about truly evil companies is depressing. It's much more fun to talk about stupid companies. Check out this funny list of the stupidest marketing blunders of 2009. Truly amusing, and recent enough that I can remember most of them going on, although the Beanie Baby one slipped by me.

Anyway, I like Doofensmirtz Evil Inc. No attempt at marketing a positive, clean image. Just good old fashioned evil. Refreshing, in it's own way.

Dave
Updated September 11th, 2010